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To produce a perfect filament from the material of wool or cotton, 

 requires the perfection of skill and machinery, but we have made to 

 our hands a filament so perfect, that no human ingenuity can ever ap- 

 proach it, and all we have to do consists in laying a number of these 

 filaments together and drawing them out by the reel, and by maintain- 

 ing a uniform thread, by adding new fibres, as others become exhausted. 

 No one need be dismayed by imaginary difficulties in reeling, for they 

 always vanish before a spirit of determination to overcome them. All 

 who raise silk should reel silk also. It furnishes profitable employment 

 for young women, and by reason of the delicacy of their fingers, their 

 ingenuity and perseverance, they will readily acquire perfection in the 

 beautiful art that should engage their especial attention. 



I am, dear sir, 



Yours, respectfully, 



JAMES DEANE. 



