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Show 272 . . V. ,. ,‘fw w Exrzxrmrrsizo'sz 5/3,: I‘ ranknn nut, r. tit [Az D.T.] Q) Can they potlibly find wool enough in North America? _ . A'. They have taken Reps to increnle the wool. They entered into general eon‘ibinatlons to eat no more lamb; and very lew lambs were killed 1111' year. This co‘url‘e pcrliiled in, Will ioon make a prodigious diflerence 1n the quantity of wool. And the ef'tablilliing of great manufac‘tones, like thofe in the Clothing towns here, is not necefiary, as it is where the bufinets is to be carried on for the pnrpofes of trade. The people wrll nllfifpm, and work for themfelves, in their own houles. ‘ Q; Can there be wool and manufaeture enough in one or two years P fl. In three years, Ithink, theromny. . 1 £2; Does not the feverity of the Winter, in the Hazy? qf'Commam in 1766. 273 Q, Are not the people in the more nort hern colonies obliged to fodder their flieep all the Winter? A. In fome of the molt northern colonies they may be obliged to do it, fome part of the Winter. .61., Confidering the refolutions of parliament *, a; to 2‘11: right; do you think, if the Ram p ad: is repealed, that the North Americans will be fatisfied? d. I believe they will. 2, Why do you think {0? A. I think the refolutions of right will give them very little concern, if they are never attempted to be carried into practice. The colo- northern colonies, ocealion the wool to lie 01 nies will probably confider themfelves in the bad quality P A. No; the wool is very fine and good. ‘ Qu In the more fonthern colonies, as in Vrr-' They know you claim the fame right with re- ginia, don't you know that the wool 18 conrle, and only a kind of hair 5‘ . r A'. I don't know it. I never heard it. 3 CE I have been fometiines in Virginia. I cannot {Liv I ever took particular notice of the mod there, butI believe it is good, though I cannot {peak poiitively of it; But Virginia, and the (:0Ionics {011th of it, have lets attention 10: \vooli their winters are thort, and not very lL-wr-A - my] tlsey can very well Clothe thtmiielve; wit; and cotton of their own railing for the aV‘lfli'. fame fituation, in that refpeét, with Ireland; gard to Ireland, but you never exercife it. And they may believe you never will exercife it in the colonies, any more than in Ireland; unlet s on form: very extraordinary occafion. ‘ 2., But who are to be the judges of that ex~ traordinary occ‘afion? Is not the parliament? .4. Though the parliament may judge of the occafion ; the people will think it can never ex- ercife fuch ‘1'ight, till reprefentatives from the colonies are admitted into parliament; and that whenever the occalion arifcs, reprefentatives ref/Z be ordered._ * [Afterwards expreflEd in the ,Dyr/aratazy-flfl. Nn El] :1, Did |