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contiguous to each other, till they ex-* 

 tend a fufficient width, which is ufually 

 fix or feven feet : the threads thus dif- 

 pofed ferve for the warp i they theii 

 wind a quantity of cotton on a fmall 

 pointed piece of wood, and begin their 

 weaving at one end, by lifting Up every 

 other thread of the warp, and paffing 

 the pointed flick with the woof under 

 it : this they do until they have gone 

 through the whole width of the warp, 

 and then return in the fame manner, 

 taking up thofe threads which they 

 miffed before, and prefling the threads 

 clofe together. When the weaving is 

 compleated, the hammock is ftained 

 with juice of the bark of trees, difpofed 

 fo as to form various figures, which are 

 red, and ever after indelible. The trees 

 which yield this juice, I am informed, 

 are the Wallaba and Red Mangrove. 

 To weave a hammock in this manner 

 requires the labour of feveral months, 



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