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NATURE S TEACHINGS. 



imported from abroad. Instead of being used by band, tbey 

 were tben fastened to tbe circumference of wooden wbeels as 

 broad as tbe widtb of tbe clotb, and made to revolve rapidly, 

 wbile tbe clotb was pressed against tbem. 



For many years attempts bad been made to construct artificial 

 Teazles which would not wear out so rapidly as did tbe dry seed- 

 vessels, but notbing could be constructed tbat was not too stiff 

 or too strong, and wbicb did not injure tbe tbreads wbile pro- 

 ducing tbe nap. At last, bowever, tbis difficult problem bas 

 been solved, and tbe Teazle is no longer an important article of 



CLOTH-DRESSING. 



commerce, its place being supplied by delicately made cards of 

 tbe finest and most elastic wire. 



In tbe illustration a head of Teazle is given on the left hand, 

 and on tbe right is seen the mode in which the wire cards are 

 placed in the machine, and the cloth drawn over them so as to 

 produce the required nap. 



BRUSHES. 



IT is worthy of notice that there are many articles of com- 

 parative luxury which could not be used until man had 

 attained some degree of civilisation. Among these we may 

 class the Brush and the Comb, no true savage ever troubling 

 himself about either article. The Brush, indeed, belongs to a 

 much more advanced stage of civilisation than the Comb, for 

 whereas we find combs, however rude tbey may be, used in 

 semi-savage, or rather, barbarian countries, the Brush is, as far 

 as I know, an adjunct of a high state of civilisation. 



