HAW-SILK. 



79 



No. 1. 



Extract Statement to the Bengal Board of 

 Trade from Mr, John Wilkinson, Agent of the 

 Patentees, in England^ and Messrs. Heathcoate 

 and Co.'s Silk-reel, transmitted through Messrs. 

 Alexander and Co. of Calcutta. 



(H.) 



Mr. Heathcoate's method of reeling a silk of statement 



. respecting 



fifteen cocoons, is to divide into three sets of five Heathcoate 

 cocoons each. The filaments from these sets are siik-reei. 

 separately collected into three ends or strands, at 

 guides placed at proper distances from each other : 

 the three distinct ends then converge to a common 

 eye or guide, and are united into one compact 

 thread by the croisie. This croisie is formed by 

 passing the thread round two small and light 

 puUies, and then crossing the thread upon itself and 

 attaching it to the reel. By these arrangements 

 the eye of the fileur can readily distinguish between 

 five cocoons, or four or six, so as to always throw 

 on a fresh cocoon as the ends singly fail. This 

 single croisie of the thread upon itself renders it 

 unnecessary to have two skeins running upon the 

 reel from the same basin. It also entirely pre- 

 vents the marriage a very prejudicial union 

 of the two threads, which occurs so frequently on 

 the common plan, when the croisie is formed by 

 two threads crossed over each other. If, how- 

 ever, 



