(37) Origin of the Wool Trade;--(38) Invention of Weaving;--(39) Early progress of the Wool Trade;--(40) Introduction of Weaving into Britain;--(41) Importance of the British Woollen Manufacture;--(42) Weavers brought by Edward III. from Flanders;--(43) Regulations regarding _Staples_;--(44) Rapid advance of the Wool Trade in the 14th century;--(45) Subsidies raised by Edward III.;--(46) Progress of the Wool Trade during the reigns of Henry VII., Henry VIII., and Edward VI.;--(47) Encouragement given by Elizabeth to the Trade;--(48) Woollen Cloth monopolized by the Merchant Adventurers;--(49) Consumption of Wool in England increased;-- (50) Severity of the Prohibitory Enactments relating to Wool reprobated;--(51) Emigration of English families to Holland, and Prosperity of the Dutch Manufactures;--(52) Fluctuating state of the Trade between 1635 and 1698;--(53) King William discourages the Irish manufactures;--(54) Statistics of the British Wool Trade in 1699;--(55) British Woollen Manufacturers rivalled by the Swedes;--(56) Regulations relating to Wool from 1740 to 1742; --(57) Impulse given to the Trade by the improvements in Machinery; --(57) Commencement of the 19th century; Duty imposed on imported Wool;--(59) Restrictions on Foreign Wool removed; increase in Manufacturing prosperity;--(60) Countries from which we derive our Wool;--(61) Statistics of the Wool Trade from 1800 to 1830;--(62) Do. in 1832 28 CHAPTER IV. IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREEDS. (63) Introductory remarks;--(64) Early Improvers of the Sheep;--(65) Modern Breeders and Improvements;--(66) Varieties among Animals, how induced;--(67) Varieties induced by temperature;--(68) Adaptation of the Sheep to climate;--(69) Changes produced by climate;--(70) Temperature preferred by Sheep;--(71) Extent of the alterations produced by climate;--(72) Increase in the number of the Horns;--(73) Causes of the various forms of the Horn;--(74) The proper temperature required for Sheep;--(75) Geographical limits of the Sheep;--(76) Particular forms induced by geographical limit;--(77) Influence of vegetation on form and disposition;--(78) Breeds required for Britain--(79) Varied nature of the food of Sheep;--(80) Influence of food on the quality of Mutton;--(81) Differences in the quality of Mutton;--(82) Abuses in Feeding;--(83) Tendency to acquire Fat;--(84) Frequent change of Pasture necessary;--(85) Varieties induced by apparently trivial causes;--(86) Varieties from mode of Breeding; --(87) Breeding _in_ and _in_;--(88) Opponents of _in_ and _in_ Breeding;--(89) Breeding from different families of the same race;--(90) Crossing;--(91) Things to be attended to in Crossing; --(92) Choice of Parents;--(93) Influence of Sex;--(94) Method of obtaining a greater number of one Sex, at the option of the Proprietor 67 CHAPTER V. MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.