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gan with are ended ; but being before hand, 

 and at any leifure intervals, preparing frelli 

 ends by dipping the heath brufh among 

 frefh pods, of which fuch a quantity muil 

 be conflantly thrown iitto the cauldron as 

 will fuffice to fupply the two threads which 

 are reehng, but not more, leaf!:, by being too 

 longfoaked in the hot water, they fhould wind 

 off in burrs ; and thefe pods which are 

 thrown into the cauldron, mufl be often 

 forced under water, that they may be equal- 

 ly foakedj for, as they fwim with their 

 greater part above water, that part would 

 remain hard and ftubborn, while the part 

 which is under water would be too much 

 foaked : or otherways you may with a 

 brufh frequently throw fome of the hot 

 water upon them, as you may likewife do 

 on the pods which are reeling, when you 

 obferve them grow dry at top, and yield 

 the thread ftubbornly. 



The fupplyhig of frefh ends is perform- 

 ed by laying them flopingly acrofs the 

 (ingle filk hairs which continue feparate 

 till they reach the ftop-wires, for here the 

 added one is readily caught by them and 

 drawn up ; for which reafon the ftop-wire 

 Ihould be about a foot above the water. 

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