Record Number: 6218
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant" wherein I find the following remark: They breed (says he) the finest goats in the world in the Champaign of Angora. They are of a dazzling white, and their hair, which is fine as silk, naturally curled in locks of 8 or 9 inches long, is worked up into the finest stuffs, especially camlet. But they don't suffer these fleeces to be exported because the country people get their living thereby. Their young are degenerate if carried far.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:14 Jan 1756
Country:England
Timeevening: after supper
Place:city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
location in dwelling: home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:9 Jun 1729
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Shopkeeper
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Voyage into the Levant
Genre:Biography, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6218
Source:Thomas Turner
Editor:David Vaisey
Title:The Diary of Thomas Turner
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:22
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner, (Oxford, 1984), p. 22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6218, accessed: 11 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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