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RUMINANTIA.—CAPRADZ.
the flock” has given place to that of the herd;
but the former two products retain their importance. Soon after the subjugation of Britain
by the Romans, a woollen manufactory was established at Winchester, situated in the midst of
a district then, as now, peculiarly suited to the
short-woolled breed of sheep. So successful
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SHEEP-SHEARING.
was this manufacture, that British cloths soon were preferred at Rome to those of any other part of the empire, and were worn by the most opulent on festive and ceremonial occasions. From
