62 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



prepared from the root of one of their plants. This 

 can be done with so great a nicety that the part which 

 has been repaired can scarcely be distinguished from 

 the rest. The fabric thus prepared, particularly when 

 made from the bark of the mulberry-tree, becomes 

 extremely white by bleaching : it is tolerably durable, 

 and has a very good appearance*. 



* Hawkesbury's Voyages. 



