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After fcutching, it is heckled or fplit into 

 fmall pieces of different qualities; one half 

 produces the beft fort, which is fpun to about 

 three hank yarn, that is, three hanks to the 

 pound : the half of the remaining half, i. e. 

 one quarter of the whole, is called hackled 

 tow, and is fpun into an inferior fort, two 

 hank yarn ; the remainder is called backings^ 

 and is fpun into the coarfeft fluff, of which is 

 madefacking, coarfe fheeting for the poor, &c. 

 At this period the weight is not diminifhed 

 above 4 lb. in the cwt. and the befl fort is 

 worth at a medium, gd. a lb. the fecond fort 

 worth 6d. and the coarfeft about lid. after 

 payment of id. per lb. for the two firft forts. 



The hecklers generally travel about to the 

 houfes of poor people to get this work to do. 

 Four men will be taken up 2 days in doing 

 the above quantity. Spinning is performed by 

 women and children ; one diligent perfon will 

 fpin about one hank, containing 12 ents, each 

 ent having 1 20 rounds, from two yards and a, 

 half in circumference in a day. If carried then 

 to market, it generally produces 5d. per hank, 

 or a dozen to the fpinner, and is generally 

 bought by jobbers or by poor manufacturers. 



Y a Upwards 



