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LIST OF PLATES, 



Plate 1, fig- 1. Silk reel of Piedmont. 



2. Arrangement of feeding frames for'silkwonn* 



3. A double knife to chop mulberry leaves. 



4. Box to hold silk moths, when not coupling. 



5. Tressel to be covered with cloth, for silk moths to lay eggs oir. 



6. Rope frame, to hold the cloth or paper containing silkworm eggs. 



when not wanted. 



7. Hook to lift the worms. 



Plate 2,fig. 1,2. Indigo cradle. 



.". Rattan sfides or frames for silkworms. 



4. Frames for silkworms to spin their cocoons, instead of bushes or 



twigs. 



5. Shell's improved silk loom. 



Plate 3, fig. !• Reel to wind skeins of silk on bobbins. 



2. Throwsting machine. 



3. A single spindle of a throwsting machine. 



Plate 4. Shenton's tramming engine. . 



5. Silk loom, exhibiting Eichard's improved draw boy, and the Spitalfields 

 silk loom. 



