RAW-SILK. 



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for winding 

 Raw- Silk. 



land, before the rainy season ; after which, if the (C.) 

 weather continued fine, he may order the spinners ins^iSons 

 to spin any of the qualities of silk described in 

 paragraph 6. 



9. The spinners should make a sufficient number 

 of crosses, and turn the double crossing machine 

 accordingly. These crosses make the threads 

 round and give the silk a good body, besides 

 squeezing out the water that rises from the pan. 



10. Whenever the thread breaks the reeler must 

 instantly stop the reel, and finding the thread, he 

 must place it under the skein it belongs to, but 

 never attempt to join it by a knot. The new 

 thread that will be handed to him by the spinner 

 must be placed to the string between the two skeins, 

 as they have been taught to do. 



11. As soon as the spinner has finished his beat, 

 (that is, when he has spun all the cocoons whose 

 threads have been gathered by means of his wisk), 

 and whilst he is taking all the stript worms out of 

 the pan, which he must do at every beat before he 

 puts in fresh cocoons, the reeler should avail him- 

 self of this interval to clean the silk on the reel 

 from the pellicules or innermost coats of the co- 

 coons, which may have ascended with the threads. 

 He must also streighten it under the plaits, by 

 orming the string between the two skeins, and 

 make up his fire. 



12. From the beginning to the end, the spinner 

 must be very attentive to keep up the evenness of 



his 



