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chiefly fine cloth, from 14 to 21 hundred. 

 The fpinners are generally hired by the quar- 

 ter, from 10s. to 12s. lodging and board, and 

 engaged to fpin 5 hanks of 8 hank yarn in a 

 Week. 



To the 14 hund. linen 46 hanks 18 



ditto 58 hanks 28 ditto 66 hanks. 



In weaving it is common for one man to have 

 feveral looms, at which journeymen weavers 

 work, who are paid their lodging and board, 

 and one-third of what they earn, which may 

 tome to 2s. a week on an average. 



The drapers advance the yarn, and pay 

 for the weaving by the yard, For a 



15 hund. 4d. 18 ditto o,d. ■ ■ 



21 ditto is. lid. 



For 18 hund. linen, a woman fpins 6 hanks 

 a week, which 6 hanks weigh about a pound, 

 at the price of 8d. a hank. The manufacture 

 carried on in the country very much by little 

 farmers, who have from 5 to 10 acres, and 

 univerfally it is found, that going to the 

 plough or fpade for a day or two fpoils them 

 for their weaving as many more. Think that 

 flax that has flood till feed is ripe, will not 

 do for more than a 1600 web. Rent for lowing 

 flax on potatoe Lnd 4d. a perch long of 21 

 feet and 10 broad. The crop at a medium 10 

 irone from a bufhel of feed. The ftone 16IK 

 A ftone of good flax, rough, will produce 81b. 



after 



