362 Or tue SILK-WORM. 
The good cocons, as well white as yellow, are the 
eafieft to wind ; thofe which require the greateft care and 
pains are the cocalons; you muft wind them in cooler wa- 
ter than the others, and if you take care to give them to 
a good windfter, you will have as good filk from them as 
the reft. You mutt likewife have careful windfters for the 
dupions and choquettes. ‘Thefe two articles require hotter 
water than the common cocons. 
The good cocons are to be wound in the following man- 
ner. Firft choofe an open convenient place for your fila- 
ture, the longer the better, if you intend to have many 
furnaces and coppers. This building fhould be high and 
open on one fide and walled on the other, as well to fcreen 
you from the cold winds and receive the fun, as to give a 
free paflage to the fteam of your bafons or coppers. 
Thefe coppers or bafons are to be difpofed (when the 
building will admit of it) in a row on each fide of the fi- 
lature, as being the moft convenient method of placing 
them, for by that means in walking up and down you fee 
what every one is about. And thefe bafons fhould be two 
and two together, with a chimney between every couple. 
Having prepared your reels, (which are turned by hands 
and require a quick eye) and your fire being a light one 
under every bafon, your windfter muft ftay till the water 
is as hot as it can be without boiling. When every thing 
is now ready, you throw into your bafons two or three 
handsful of cocons, which you gently brufh over with a 
wifk about fix inches long, cut ftumpy like a broom worn 
out: by thefe means the threads of the cocons ftick to the 
wifk. You muft difengage thefe threads from the wifk, 
and purge them by drawing thefe ends with your fingers 
till they come off entirely clean. This operation is call- 
ed la Battue. 
When the threads are quite clear, you muft pafs four 
of them (if you will wind fine filk) through each of the 
holes in a thin iron bar that is placed horizontally at the 
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