III Mr. W A F E RV Dejcriptioh 



when the Girls put on their Clout, and 



the Boys the FuniieL 

 Girls Em- The Girls are bred up by their Mothers 

 pJoyments.to their Domeftick Employments. They 

 make them help v to drefs the Vi&uals, and 

 fet thern to draw Strings out of MaBo-baik, 

 and to beat AV^grafs, for Thread, Cor- 

 dage, and Nets. They pick the Cotton al- 

 fo, and fpin it fpf their Mothers weaving, 

 the wo- For weaving, the W0raen make a Roller 

 mens of Wood, about three foot long, turning 

 eavmg. a ] 30Ut between two Pofts. About 



this they place Strings of Cotton, of three 

 or four Yards long , at nioft, but oftner 

 lefs, according to the ufe the Cloth is to be 

 put to, whether for a Hammock, or to tie a-* 

 bout their Waifts.or for Gowns, of Blankets to 

 cover them in their Hammocks, as they lie 

 m them in their Houfes 5 which are all the 

 Ufes they have fot Cloth : And they ne- 

 ver weave a piece of Cotton with a dztigti 

 to cut it, but of a fize that fhall juft ferve 

 for the particular ufe. The Threads thus 

 coming from the Roller are the Warp 5 and 

 for the Woof, they twift Cotton-yarn about 

 a fmall piece of M^^^-wood, notch 3 d at 

 each end 5 and taking up every other Thread 

 of the Warp with the Fingers of one 

 Hand, they put the Woof through with 

 the other Hand, and receive it out on the o- 

 ther ficle : And to make the Threads of the 

 Woof lie clofe in the Cloth, they ftrike 



them 



