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fo low as to be iineafy to the woman who 

 fupplies Tilk-pods, by making her floop 

 too much, as (he fits by it. 



Small models of the reel are made 

 by Mr. Thomas Belcher-y Cabinet-maker in 

 Bruwnlow-Jireetj Holburn, 



CHAP. VI. 



JI01V to take of the fiofi or loofe filk from the 

 pods, the reafon of forting thefe accord- 

 ing to their different degree oj finenefs^ in, 

 order to be reeled^ 



E F O R E the filk-pods can be reel'd, 

 it is necelfary to free them from that 

 loofe fuzzy filk which is on their outfide, 

 and is called the flofs, it being of fo fine 

 and loofe a confidence, and partly broken 

 by taking it from the branches where tae 

 worms had ij^un it, that it cannot be reel- 

 ed off in water. It may be taken off by 

 opening it on one of the, ends of the filk- 

 pods, and then thruRing out the hard part 

 of the pod, which is that which is' to be 

 reeled, clearing off ,the loofe filk which 

 adliers to it, and throwing this part v/ith 



the 



