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RAW-SILK. 



(C.) 3. No cocoons should be received into the 



insm'ctions factory from the chassars without being stript of 

 'uawS^ the fuzzy silk, which consists of the first threads 

 thrown out by the worm, and by which it hangs 

 its cocoon. This will cause very little incon- 

 venience to the chassars, and will prove of great 

 advantage to the Company, because the cocoons 

 will thereby be less liable to grow mouldy, the air 

 will have a free access to them on the shelves, 

 and it will be more easy to turn them. The 

 spinners will also more readily get the end of the 

 thread, and the silk will be cleaner. 



4. Damaged cocoons should be carefully taken 

 out from the good ones as soon as they come to 

 the factory, and daily, after they are placed on 

 the shelves, this selection must, on no account, 

 be omitted, as every cocoon that is bruised, or in 

 which the worm has been squashed, will spot as 

 many good cocoons as come in contact with it. 

 Such cocoons will grow mouldy, foul the water in 

 the pan, and cause the silk to be of a bad colour. 



Water thus fouled by the substance of the insects 

 which have been squashed, soon becomes very 

 thick, therefore can no longer be fit for diluting 

 the gum of the sound cocoons, so far as it is 

 necessary to facilitate the winding them otF, which 

 makes them run up to the iron, stop its holes, 

 and frequently occasions the threads to break, 

 whilst the twisting-cross is as often pulled asunder; 

 consequently, the spinner is often obliged to gather 



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