CHAP. CII. SALICA‘CE®. SA‘LIX. 1473 
on each side of each rib, and turned bade the whole being kept in an 
upright position by being bound slightly together at their upper extremities. 
Rods are now interwoven between these upright rods, as high as required for 
the depth of the basket ; after which the rods are loosened at the top, and 
their ends brought down and plaited into an edge or brim, which, as we have be- 
fore observed with regard to splitting the willows, is an operation much more 
easily and rapidly performed than described. A small round basket or ham- 
per is now produced, like those in which potatoes are exposed for sale in the 
London markets, and to this a handle may be added by inserting in the inter- 
woven part of the sides two or three rods close together, at opposite points 
of the rim, pushing them down to near the bottom, and plaiting their upper 
ends together so as toform ahandle. A handle is also sometimes made by 
forcing down the ends of a thick rod, in the woven work, before the rim is 
completed ; and plaiting round it two or more of the ends of the rods which 
form the ribs from each side. The durability of the Scotch basket is much 
greater than that of the English one; not only on account of the greater du- 
rability of the handle and ribs, but, in the case of peeled rods, by the bark 
being loosened by boiling, instead of by the rising of the sap. 
Both modes of basket-making will readily be understood from the follow- 
ing figures : — 
1277 
Fig. 1277. shows the handle and rim of the commonest form of Scotch 
basket, made fast at the points of intersection. 
Fig. 1278. shows the same skeleton, with the ribs of one side added, and 
the wattling, or woven work, commenced. 
1279 
_ Fig. 1279. shows the commencement of the English mode of basket-making ; 
in which a represents the six rods that are to form the bottom of the basket, 
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