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together. The methods by which thefe 

 quahties may bell: be attained, will be fur- 

 ther taught in the more particular defcrip- 

 tion of the iniiruments and manner of 

 reeling the filk j and it ihould always be re- 

 membered, that this is a part well worth 

 attending to, as the value of the filk may 

 be greatly raifed, according to the perfection 

 in which it is reeled. 



CHAP. II. 



Oj the furnace y reel, and inflriiments for "wind- 

 ing the f Ik from the pods. 



I Shall here defcribe the feveral parts of 

 the inflruments which are ufed in reel- 

 ing the filk off the pods, according to that 

 order in which the filk-thread is condu<5led 

 from the pods in the cauldron to the reel. 

 The furnace marked A. Plate 2. Fig. I. is 

 either a little round building, or an earthen 

 veflel about a foot and an half in height, 

 and a foot and an half diameter in the 

 clear j it has a fmall opening b. in its low- 

 er part to receive the fuel, and a funnel 

 in its upper oppofite fide to let out the 



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