came of their defcending, to 

 go abroad and fall a working. 

 They begin at home. And 

 I obferved the whole Wive 

 with one confent divide them- 

 felves in companies 5 fome part 

 following other in Ranks, cut- 

 ting the cloth thorow by a 

 thread, until a large piece of 

 cloath at once would fall 

 down. Then another com- 

 pany dividing that piece in 

 parts 5 another company di- 

 viding it hair by hair: So many 

 Labourers carrying it forth at 

 doors, and then fo many Por- 

 ters carrying it (when the wea- 

 ther was fair) off their pre- 

 empts 5 that in fome corners near 

 their Hives a handful of Cot- 

 ton might be found each week 

 for two or three months. This 

 was all the profit I had for a 

 whole year of this Hive, and 

 was forced to feed them all win- 

 ter : 



