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  then 
  placed 
  parallel 
  witli 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  ; 
  after 
  

   which 
  finer 
  threads 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  usually 
  colored, 
  are 
  

   prepared 
  for 
  the 
  filling, 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  across 
  the 
  cords 
  over 
  and 
  

   under 
  each 
  alternately 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side 
  and 
  back 
  again. 
  The 
  

   fine 
  thread, 
  or 
  filling, 
  is 
  twisted 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance, 
  and 
  also 
  

   again 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  braided 
  or 
  woven 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  warp 
  while 
  being 
  

   passed 
  across 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side. 
  As 
  the 
  worls 
  is 
  all 
  done 
  by 
  hand, 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  slow 
  and 
  laborious 
  process, 
  but 
  the 
  specimen 
  will 
  show 
  

   how 
  successfully 
  it 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  After 
  the 
  filling 
  has 
  thus 
  

   been 
  braided 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  warp, 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  cords, 
  although 
  

   covered 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  literally 
  wound 
  with 
  the 
  finer 
  threads 
  in 
  

   crossing 
  and 
  returning, 
  is 
  still 
  distinctly 
  visible, 
  giving 
  to 
  the 
  

   belt 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  ribbed. 
  The 
  whole 
  process 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   actly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  modern 
  process 
  of 
  weaving, 
  the 
  main 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  consisting 
  in 
  this, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  warp 
  and 
  filling 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  threads, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  art 
  

   the 
  warp 
  is 
  several 
  times 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  filling. 
  

  

  Towards 
  thfe 
  ends 
  the 
  belt 
  is 
  narrowed 
  gradually 
  by 
  joining 
  

   two 
  of 
  the 
  cords 
  in 
  one, 
  until 
  its 
  width 
  is 
  diminished 
  about 
  one- 
  

   third. 
  The 
  cords 
  are 
  then 
  lengthened 
  out 
  by 
  adding 
  new 
  fila- 
  

   ments, 
  and 
  braided 
  into 
  an 
  open-work 
  band 
  or 
  bark 
  rope 
  about 
  

   an 
  inch 
  wide, 
  and 
  flat 
  ; 
  the 
  band 
  consisting 
  of 
  as 
  many 
  strands 
  

   as 
  there 
  were 
  cords 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  belt. 
  The 
  surface 
  of 
  these 
  

   belts 
  is 
  generally 
  smooth 
  and 
  even, 
  and 
  the 
  belt 
  itself 
  so 
  closely 
  

   braided 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  no 
  interstices 
  through 
  which 
  tlie 
  eye 
  could 
  

   penetrate. 
  When 
  threads 
  of 
  different 
  colors 
  were 
  used, 
  the 
  belt 
  

   was 
  variegated 
  simply, 
  or 
  small 
  figures 
  were 
  woven 
  in 
  it 
  for 
  or- 
  

   nament. 
  

  

  Another 
  species 
  of 
  burden 
  strap, 
  of 
  more 
  expeditious 
  manu- 
  

   facture, 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  placing 
  the 
  warp 
  cords 
  side 
  by 
  side, 
  and 
  

   stitching 
  them 
  through 
  and 
  through 
  with 
  bark 
  thread, 
  in 
  which 
  

   case 
  the 
  cords 
  themselves 
  were 
  made 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   burden 
  strap. 
  For 
  stitching, 
  a 
  hickory 
  or 
  bone 
  needle, 
  without 
  

   an 
  eye, 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  ancient 
  times. 
  As 
  the 
  cords 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  

   strong 
  threads 
  twisted 
  into 
  one, 
  the 
  stitching 
  thread 
  was 
  passed 
  

   through 
  each 
  cord, 
  between 
  its 
  two 
  parts, 
  from 
  one 
  sid© 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  