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himself and his brother, as both are practical silk weav- 

 ers ; that silk has been generally admired, and consid- 

 ered by all of the best quality. He is now making a 

 fine show of a large quantity of that silk in Montgomery 

 street, San Francisco. There is at that exhibition sam- 

 ples of cocoons, as mentioned above, a lot of weavers' 

 tools, a miniature silk winder, to show the process of 

 reeling ; there is raw silk, floss silk, and silk in skein as 

 taken from the cocoons, etc. This exhibition attracts 

 the crowd constantly, as every one foresees in that the 

 foundation of a great enterprise which is bound to save 

 millions to our State. 



33rd. As at San Josd the first silk of the State has 

 been raised, it was due to the place to have the pio- 

 neer silk manufactory, and land has been given for 

 the erection of it near the city. Besides that, it is the 

 natural place for such a manufactory for many reasons : 

 the principal is, that San Jose* is the healthiest place in 

 California, and probably in the world, and is near San 

 Francisco by railroad, and also that our water is so fine 

 and soft, that it has been tried and found of first quality 

 for the dyeing ; this is very important, as one of the 

 reasons that makes the silk of Lyons (France) renowned 

 all over the world, is its water ; and thus, we may ex- 

 pect, that San Josd will eventually be the Lyons of Cal- 

 ifornia. They have a large quantity of machinery 

 already on the place, and some more on the way from 

 the States, everything complete, from taking the silk 

 from the cocoon up to manufacturing it in every style. 



34th. I am receiving three different silk papers from 



