4^:* MEMOIR ON THE 



of the goodnefs of a piece of filb, one mufl 

 not be directed by the weight j becaufe the 

 more Canton filk, whicli is a hard kind 

 of an inferior quality, has been employed 

 in manufaifturing it, the more it will weigli. 

 Stuffs made of that filk do not take the die 

 'Well, efpecially green and blue colours ; and 

 they are always hard and ftiff to the touch* 

 The goodnefs of a piece of fattin or damafk 

 may be known by its being foft, fmooth, 

 and even. If made of coarfe filk, it-vs ill be 

 rough and uneven. 



The woof of the fluffs manufadured at 

 Canton is made of coarfe filk, which ren- 

 ders thein very inferior to thofe of Nankin, 

 where the materials are finer, and where 

 the workmen are more 'fkllful, becaufe 

 they fupply furniture for the emperor's 

 palace. 



The principal filk fluffs brought from 

 China are, Plain pekins of from n ^ to i a 

 ells by U 



0 Luflrings, 



