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as the texture which they joined; and as there are some evidences of 

 patching and mending, we must conjecture either that the materials 

 were obtained with difficulty, or that the person was of inferior rank. 

 In fineness, as well as quality and pattern, they vary exceedingly. Ten 

 specimens have been preserved, and each differs from the other in colour, 

 grist of thread, and arrangement in weaving. Some of them were evi- 

 dently the chief garments of the person, and were intended for warmth 

 and protection, while others appear to have been of a decorative cha- 

 racter. The accompanying illustrations represent the most remarkable 

 of these patterns. 



No. 2. No. 3. 



No. 2, accurately figured in this engraving, is a coarse camlet, pro- 

 bably the petticoat, in which the threads of the weft are hard and well 

 twisted, but those of the warp are much thicker and softer. They in- 

 termingle, not as in a homogeneous piece of weaving, like modern cloth 

 or linen, but having the warp standing in high relief, so as to present 

 a corded surface, like that which is known in modern phraseology as 

 (t rep," and which is not unlike coarse Egyptian linen. 



No. 3 is of a finer quality, but nearly of the same colour and close- 

 ness. The pattern is what is termed herringbone, and the weaving 

 superior in quality to the foregoing. The portion under consideration 

 has been much patched, and a piece of the same manufacture forms a 

 patch upon the long strip of the following. 



No. 4. No - 5. 



No. 4 is a thin, loosely woven, and open huckaback, as shown in the 



