RUGS 6t 



For what may be called intermediate clothing, 

 the ordinary fawn striped rugs, weighing from 

 8 lb. to 9 lb., can be used instead of the more ex- 

 pensive clothing ; and these can, if desired, be cut 

 out and bound in the same manner as the kersey- 

 mere quarter-sheet, or can be used plain, as sold ; 

 but they should be guaranteed to be all wool. 

 The heavier they are, of course, the better. 

 They are sold by weight, at the uniform price of 

 2s. per lb. weight, and when purchasing them 

 I would advise the reader to always see them 

 weighed. And here I may as well take the oppor- 

 tunity of remarking that if, when purchasing any 

 goods which are guaranteed to be ' all wool,' he 

 has any doubts as to their being so, he can very 

 easily satisfy himself as to whether such is the case 

 or not if he draws a thread from both the warp and 

 the woof of the material and picks them to pieces. 

 If there is any admixture of cotton or other such 

 inferior substance, it will, on being held up to the 

 light, be at once apparent, and he will, of course, 

 do well to reject it, as such material can never be 

 warm, or wear satisfactorily. It is well to know 

 this, and I have many a time been saved buying 

 a worthless article by taking the trouble to thus 

 examine it. 



There is another very good kind of rug, which is 



