are woollen handkerchiefs, an ell wide, and near two long. The wool is so fine and silky, that the whole handkerchief may be contained in the two hands clasped. It is the produce of a Tibet sheep; but some say that no wool is employed but that of lambs torn from the belly of their mother before the time of birth. The most beautiful shawls come from Cashmere: their price is from 150 livres (about six guineas) to 1200 livres (or L. 50 Sterling).

In the Transactions of the Society for Encouraging Arts, Manufactures, &c. for the year 1792, we are informed that a shawl counterpane, four yards square, manufactured by Mr P. J. Knights of Norwich, was presented to the society; and that, upon examination, it appeared to be of greater breadth than any goods of equal fineness and texture that had ever before been presented to the society, or to their knowledge woven in this country. The shawls of Mr Knights's manufacture, it is said, can scarcely be distinguished from Indian shawls, though they can be afforded at one-twentieth part of the price. When the shawl is 16 quarters square, Mr Knights says it may be retailed at L. 20; if it consisted of 12 quarters, and embroidered as the former, it will cost L. 15; if plain, with a fringe only, a shawl of 16 quarters square may be sold at L. 8, 8s.; if 12 quarters and fringed, at L. 6, 6s.

Mr Knights maintains, that his counterpane of four yards square is equal in beauty, and superior in strength, to the Indian counterpanes which are sold at 200 guineas. The principal consumption of this cloth is in train-dresses for ladies; as likewise for long scarfs, in imitation of the real Indian scarfs, which are sold from L. 60 to L. 80; whereas scarfs of this fabric are sold for as many shillings, and the ladies' square shawls in proportion.