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most material of those that can be ranked under the 

 head of manufactures. The former of these are 

 made of the bark of a pine-tree, beat into a hempen 

 state. It is not spun, but, after being properly pre- 

 pared, is spread upon a stick, which is fastened across 

 to two others that stand upright. It is disposed in 

 such a manner that the manufacturer, who sits on her 

 hams at this simple machine, knots it across with 

 small plaited threads, at the distance of half an inch 

 from each other. Though, by this method, it be not 

 so close or firm as cloth that is woven, the bunches 

 between the knots make it sufficiently impervious to 

 the air, by filling the interstices, and it has the ad- 

 ditional advantage of being softer and more pliable. 

 The woollen garments, though probably manufac- 

 tured in the same manner, have the strongest re- 

 semblance to woven cloth. But the various figures 

 which are very artificially inserted in them, destroy 

 the supposition of their being wrought in the loom ; 

 it being extremely unlikely that these people should 

 be so dexterous as to be able to finish such a complex 

 work, unless immediately by their hands. They are 

 of different degrees of fineness ; some resembling 

 our coarsest rugs or blankets, and others almost 

 equal to our finest sorts, or even softer, and certainly 

 warmer. The wool of which they are made, seems 

 to be taken from animals, as the fox and brown lynx ; 

 the last of which is by far the finest sort, and, in its 

 natural state, differs little from the colour of our 

 coarser wools ; but the hair, with which the animal 

 is also covered, being intermixed, its appearance, 

 when wrought, is somewhat different. The orna- 

 mental parts or figures in these garments, which are 

 disposed with great taste, are commonly of a dif- 

 ferent colour, being dyed, chiefly, either of a deep 

 brown, or of a yellow ; the last of which, when it is 

 new, equals the best in our carpets, as to brightness. 

 To their taste or design in working figures upon 

 their garments, corresponds their fondness for carv- 



