" ways takes up his lint from the grafs in. 

 " dry weather, and about mid-day. 



" N. B. Care muft be taken in rainy wea- 

 C ther, that the lint receive no damage, by 

 " rotting 011 the grafs ; but gentle fhowers 

 6 are as good as dew. 



1 Our prefent way is, to fow our lint on 



c any ground, which puts us to a great ex- 



' pence to weed it. We fow it thick, (as we 



6 muft do in ordinary ground), whereby 



" one half of it is ripe before the other is 



" ready : By this means, the unripe feed be- 



" ing mixt with the full ripe, fpoils the 



; whole ; and the unripe lint is rotten in the 



' water, before the other is ready. 



" In the Weft, where the fineft fpinning 

 c is, the people are ri vetted in a moft perni- 

 " cioiis conceit, that unripe lint makes the 

 " fineft flax ; and therefore pull all their lint, 

 " when the bloflbm falls. This kind of lint 

 " heckles away almoft to nothing ; and is, 

 " indeed, in appearance very fine. But then 

 1 it has no fubftance, and the yarn fpun of 

 " it is always weak and ouzy. It waftes 

 u much in the waftiing, and cloth made of it 

 t' grows as thin as a coh-web in the bleach- 



" ing. 



