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stick with a reel at one end and a weight at 

 the other, twisting worsted as he w r alks about ; 

 the wool he cuts off the sheep's back as he 

 uses it. His wife or children, out of doors, 

 and sometimes in the same field where the 

 flocks are grazing, weaving it into course 

 blankets which are sold at about two shillings 

 or half a crown each. 



The Palanquin bearers [or carriers] in 

 Calcutta, whilst they are waiting for their 

 master or mistress at shops, or gentlemen's 

 houses, may be frequently seen twisting 

 twine from flax or hemp, whilst others of the 

 same set, are knitting it into nets to fish with 

 when they return to their villages, which they 

 do as soon as they have saved a little money ; 

 when others repair to Calcutta to supply their 

 places. 



The method of manufacturing sugar is 

 equally simple. The canes are cut, and the 

 juice ground from them on the same spot 

 where they are cultivated; and the dry stalks 



