merinos

Merinos were brought to England for the first time in 1788, but attracted little attention, owing to the want of rams.

In Sardinia the merinos were very white and glistening, so that one thought of the Scriptural "white as wool."

"Get Merinos, by all means," pronounced Henry Wilson, who lived to the north of him.

Here, the veldt will carry one sheep—these are principally merinos—or a goat, to four acres; or one ox to sixteen acres.

For dark merinos, or cashmeres, some prefer dark twilled stuffs.