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ture; and that there are few of its fabricks, which may not be fpared from 

 common ufe, without much inconvenience, or for which a fufBcient fucce- 

 daneum may not be found, in the produftions of fome other manufafture*. 

 This manufafture alfo, is very much under the dominion of fafliion, and 

 perpetually varying. It was only introduced of late years, fince, by the help 

 of Arkwright's inventions, the Britijh workmen were enabled, to make 

 cotton warps, and manufafture muflins, and fine callicoes. It has now become 

 the chief compotent part of the drefs of females; and an important part of 

 drefs, to men, who ftudy that objeft, with a female care. But, as the 

 cotton manufacture arofe on the ruins of the filk manufafture, which after 

 being equally predominant for a time, was fuperfeded by it; the now ex- 

 ploded filk manufafture, may again revive ; and aflTume the fway, to the 

 exclufion of cotton fabricks. 



The cotton manufafture is but ill calculated, for the meridian of a 

 poor country; not only, by reafon, but its producing chiefly manufac- 

 tures of luxury; but alfo, on account of the large capital, which is rc- 

 quifite, to the extenfive and effeftual profecution of it; the raw material 

 being a commodity of great price, and brought from far; the country or 

 individual, which pofiTefles the befl capital, will be able to procure it, of the 

 bed quality, and on the befl terms; but the grand expence is in the erec- 

 tion of machinery, and the eftablifliment of the necefl^ary apparatus, for 

 making and finifliing the various fabricks of cotton; and this is fo heavy, as 

 fliould deter any perfon of moderate means, from attempting this manu- 

 fafture. 



This is a manufafture, which Great Britain, has wrought up to the 

 Htraoft perfeftion. She has laid out the national energies upon it ; much 

 of her produftive capital is embarked in it, and flie views it, with a partial 

 fondnefs, the confequence of fuccefs. Here, therefore, we muft expeft to 

 encounter from Britain, the whole force of her rivalfliip, aided by all the 



advantages, 



• Either of fine linen or woollen, which would produce fabricks, equally convenient for 

 Men, and Women's wear, and Houfe furniture. 



