u made, he lets off the water, wafhes his 

 : lint, and then fills his pond from the run- 

 " ning brook, and puts it in again until it be 

 " enough clone. When his fir ft parcel is laid 

 on the grafs, he puts another in the fame 

 pond, and continues fo to water his lint 

 fo long as the feafon is warm enough. He 

 " turns his lint on the grafs once a-day, and 

 " keeps it on the grafs as long as tke dews 

 fall, which give the lint a fine cojour, 

 without hurting it, and makes the yarn 

 fpun of it walh and empty eafily without 

 u wafting or weakening it ; and the cloth 

 *' made of it comes foon to a fine colour, 

 " without being thinned in the leaft. 



" So much of his lint as he intends for his 

 w bed feed, he builds up in a ftack like corn, 

 " after it is thoroughly win, with the bolls 

 u on it, and ftrips it at fowing time j- and in 

 " the month of May thereafter, puts it into 

 " the water, and follows the fame method 

 " with that watered in the autumn. So 

 c much of his lint as remains on his hand 

 " undrefled after the middle of March, \Vfien 

 " the dews begin to falj, he lays out again 

 1 upon the grafs for a good colour, and al- 



" ways 



