114 TEXTILE FIBRES. 



When the margins of the lap sheet show this jagged character, it is 

 regarded as a bad sign. This lap sheet has a waviness and stringy 



Fig. 72. Opened and over- scutched cotton. 



Fig. 73. Lap of Brown Egyptian cotton. 



appearance on the whole flat surface, probably owing to the fan current 

 being run at too rapid a rate of speed ; and in long-stapled cottons it is 



