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and explored the principal portion of it. Much struck with the dormant 

 wealth of the sulphur districts, and their value to England in the event of 

 the Sicilian supply being cut off during war, after considerable trouble he 

 induced the present proprietors to part with their titles. Although the 

 Danish Government wisely and liberally offers every facility and encourage- 

 ment to foreigners to embark in the various branches of industry which 

 the island affords, such was the tenacity with which the present owners 

 clung to the titles of the sulphur districts, that European capital has until 

 lately been prevented from stepping in, the original owners being content 

 to collect and export from time to time a quantity sufficient to barter for 

 their immediate domestic wants. To develop the Krisuvik mines capital 

 would doubtless be required, as the track to the port of Grundevik, on 

 the southern coast, would have to be improved for the transit of the 

 sulphur or baggage ponies : or if this, the nearest route, were not adopted, 

 it must be conveyed in barges down the Kleisavater Lake, which stretches 

 from the foot of these hills to within seven or eight miles of Havna Fiord, 

 a direction favourable for a track by the banks of the Kalda river, thereby 

 avoiding the almost impassable lava district, across which twenty tons of 

 sulphur we saw at Havna Fiord were this summer transported, to the ruin 

 of forty or fifty ponies. 



Judging by the trifling cost of production — moderate freight home — the 

 numerous vessels coming from England with salt, returning in ballast, — 

 sulphur gathered from these sources would be able to undersell the Sicilian 

 market by almost a half. 



NEW MANUFACTURES FROM HUMAN HAIR. 



BY WILLIAM DANSON. 



At the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science at Manchester, I offered a few observations on the manufacture of 

 human hair, as an article of consumption and general use, and submitted 

 for inspection some useful specimens of articles made from human hair, 

 of a very massive and heavy texture, like pilot-cloth, or that used for 

 travelling or mountain wear. It is, however, capable of being spun 

 into fine goods, like alpaca, which is but of comparatively recent use. 

 Truth goes farther than fiction. My sister conceived the idea, and 

 caused the collection of about 3,500 lb. of human hair, in a few months, 

 in Liverpool, by one female, who was merely assisted by her husband and 

 son in carrying it out, receiving ll. to 21. per week. We had two shawls 

 made from it — cotton warp — (exhibited to the Section). It is extremely 

 warm and durable clothing ; and with care and attention any quantity of 

 the stuff can be obtained. It would appear fabulous to say that 100,000 



