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10 j. a week ; after bleaching it is wound by- 

 women, whofe earnings are is. td. a 

 week ; next it is warped by men, who earn 

 7 j-. a week ; and then ftarched, the earn- 

 ings, 10 s. 6 d. a week. The lad: operation 

 is the weaving, in which the men earn 9 s. 

 the women 5 s. and boys 3 r. 6 d. a. week. 



The fpinners in the lacking branch earn 

 6 j. a week, women ; then it is wound on 

 bobbins by women and children, whofe 

 earnings are \d. a day 5 then the ftarchers 

 take it, they earn 6 s. a week ; after which 

 it is wove by men, at gs. a week. The 

 fail-cloth employs about three hundred wea- 

 vers, and the facking an hundred and fifty ; 

 and they reckon twenty fpinners and two or 

 three other hands to every weaver. 



During the war the fail-cloth branch was 

 very brilk, grew a little faint upon the 

 peace, but is now, and has been for fome 

 time, pretty well recovered, though not to 

 be fo good as in the war. The facking 

 manufacture was alfo better in the war ; 

 but is always brifk. 



The fpinners never ftand ilill for want of 

 work -, they always have it if they pleafe ; 

 but weavers fometimes are idle for want of 

 yarn, which, confidering the number of 

 poor within reach, (the fpinners of the 

 facking live chiefly in Chejhire^ is melan- 

 choly to think of. 



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