FROM ENGLAND TO ICELAND. 109 to England to make enquiries as to the best modes of wool-washing,&c.,and to compare notes generally with the Yorkshire consumers with a view of subsequently bringing about a direct trade in wool between Iceland and England, and this is his apology for waiting upon me. lie tells me that thirteen years ago—in 1872— Iceland wool was selling tor 137 ore (about 18^d) per Danish pound—(one hundred and one and a half Danish pounds are equal to one hundred and twelve English pounds)—and scarcely seems able to realise the enormous decline in values since then, and the depreciation of bright wools in conse- quence of change of fashion. Under present conditions of purchase there is only one price for wool, whether good or bad, and the farmer has therefore no inducement to bestow extra care upon his flocks with a view of improving the quality of the fleece , in order to increase his profits. In his recent admirable work on “ The Structure ot the Wool Fibre,” Dr F. H. Bowman, than whom there is probably no greater authority in England, says that he is of opinion “ that our perfection in spinning is in excess of our perfection in preparing the fibres for spinning, and ”—(the remark is worth noting)—“ decidedly in advance of the present state of perfection of the raw material we have to use.” “Nothing,” he adds, “will more improve our manufacture than improvement in the growth of the wool itself, which will reduce the irregularities in the com- ponent fibres, and thus render them better fitted for making a comparatively good yarn.” In the face of these statements it seems im- peratively necessary that the Icelander, if he

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