CONTENTS. XI 



Raw Silk, 80 



Disbanding Silk from the Reel, - - - - 81 



Waste and Refuse Silk, 82 



Cleansing Silk, - - - - ' - - - 84 



Ungumming Silk, ------ 85 



Bagging Silk, " 



- Sulphuring Silk, ------ -87 



Aluming Silk, ------- 



Manufacture of Silk, ------ 88 



PART iv. 



Manufacture of Sewing Silk and Twist, - - 91 



Brooks' Spinning Machine, - - - - 94 



Dyeing Silk, - - - - -,- ~ -98 

 Black, 



Best Blue, - 100 



Dark Blue, 101 



Product of the Silk Worm/ - - , - - - 102 



Profit of the Silk Worm, 104 



Labor Required, __----- 105 



Conclusion, ------- 106 



