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scratching hooks, is used by the wool-combers 

 for raising what is called the nap on cloths. 

 Several of the heads are fixed, either on boards 

 or to the outer circle of a large wheel, by 

 which the purpose is accomplished. Nature 

 supplies us with abundance of materials, but 

 with very few tools, like the teasel head, ready 

 for our use ! 



Fields of teasels, which are to be seen in 

 some places, are not the most convenient 

 thoroughfares for persons in flowing robes, 

 very few of which would be left on the backs 

 of such as might be compelled to hurry through 

 them. 



I rather think that, farmer as I call myself, I 

 have omitted to take any account of a very 



