CLOTH- MAKING. 
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aid of a kuife, after this they are divided into 
many very fine threads, made into neat bundles, 
and converted into one long thread by a series 
of knots. Then the threads are dried and dyed, 
and twisted by a spindle like that with which 
the cotton is spun ; they are then ready for 
weaving. The cloth from these is rather hard, 
and has a lustre. The colours used in this 
material are black, yellow, and red : all their 
dyes are made by themselves from barks and 
roots. I believe no one ever attempts an inno- 
vation of fashion. The scant sarong has been 
the Tenimber woman's dress for who knows how 
long, — how much longer will it be ? Now that 
civilisation has approached them, their life will 
not long preserve its savage simplicity, Man- 
chester looms will weave their sarongs t and 
after-dwellers will not be able to see Tenimber 
matrons, maidens, and the tiniest girls who can 
hold a twister, busied in every spare moment as 
they loiter by the doorway or trudge along with 
their burden, spinning thread for their excellent 
and durable petticoat. 
A fashionable toilet would be quite lost on 
them. One of the ship’s company, who landed 
with us when we came, left with the post-holder 
a sheet from a French fashion journal, which 
