OF SILK. 2S7 



gctiier, draws out the united thread until 

 file finds that tlie fingle hairs of which it 

 is compofed come off eafy and free from 

 flofs. She then breaks oti' fo much of the 

 end of the thread as came of coarfe with 

 fiofs, or burrs in it; and, throvv^ing it afide, 

 deUvers the end of the perfedl thread to 

 the perfon who {lands ready to turn the 

 reel, who immediately pafTes it through the 

 ftop-wire, and through its guide-wire, and 

 then makes it fad to the reel, as mentioned 

 in the defcription of the reel. In the mean 

 time the fpinner has another thread prepaj ed 

 for him, which he pafles through the olh.-T 

 flop- wire, &e, in the fame maimer j ana if 

 the filk is to be reel'd in the crofs, you are 

 to underfland its being palFed over the crof- 

 (ing-wires. 



And now, both threads being faftened 

 to the reel, it is turned with a regular 

 even motion, at fii*il fomewhat leifurely, 

 till the threads are found to run free and 

 eafy, for it will happen that fome of the 

 ends which were taken to compofe the 

 thread were falfe ones, becaufe in taking 

 off the flofs, there may be two or three 

 breaches made in the beginning of the hairs, 

 which in winding will foon end, and muft 

 be added anew to make up the number 



S which 



