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length would have time to let the burrs 

 (Iretcli out, and thus make tlie thread more 

 even. 



I think it would be convenient for tlie 

 fpinner to have a little ftick ere6led clofe to 

 the fide of the cauldron, which having two 

 or three pins in it would ferve to hang 

 her heath brufli by means of a little hook 

 at the end of it, and alfo any other little 

 inflrument which (lie may want, fuch as 

 afliarp fork with which flie may draw 

 away the pods which are fpent, and have 

 dropped the worm j or fuch as, being near 

 fpent, have the bag drawn together and 

 llick at the flop- wire ; and as the heath 

 brulli will frequently take up more ends 

 than are immediately to be added, and as 

 the fpinner will fometimes have occafion 

 to employ both her hands, the brufli will at 

 that time conveniently hang by the cauldron, 

 while the pods which are attached to it re^ 

 main in the water, and the ends will be 

 in readinefs as they are wanted .; in this 

 cafe the pods which do not reach the water 

 may be drawn down to it between the 

 fpread fingers of her hand. 



If the fpinner is under a neceffity of 



leaving her work for any length of time, 



S 4 the 



