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Fig. 66 shows the handle and rim of what is called the Scotch basket, 

 made fast at the points of intersection. 



Fig. 67. Handle, rim, and ribs of a Scotch basket. 



Fig. 66. Handle and rim of a Scotch basket 



Fig. 67 shows the same skeleton, with the ribs of one side added, and the 

 wattling or woven work commence^. 



Fig. 68 represents the commencement of what is called the English mode of 

 basket-making ; ui which three parallel rods of two or three feet in length, 

 according to the intended diameter of the bottom of the basket, are laid flat 

 on the ground, and three other rods of the same length laid across them at 

 right angles, as at a ; and next the weaving process is commenced, as at b. 



Fig- 68. Commencement of basket 

 making in the English manner. 



Figs. 69 and 70 show the progress of weaving the bottom ; the latter being 

 what ultimately becomes the under side, and the former the upper side. 



Fig. 69. Upper side. 



Fig. 70. Underside. 



