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12 o'clock Twelve o'clock till i o'clock is dinner-time. They 

 then work from i o'clock to 2.20, when another " smoke ho " 

 is due. Work is again resumed at 2.40 and continued till 



[Photo by Author. 



FIRST POSITION : TAKING OFF THE BELLY WOOL. 



4 o'clock, when lunch is passed round. This takes half an hour, 

 when work is again started and kept on till 6 o'clock if the 

 light permits. The longest run is two hours from 6 till 



