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a wheel—Loom—Mode of weaving—Forbes's description—Habits and remuner-
ation of Spinners, Weavers, &c.—Factories of the East India Company—Mar-
vellous skill of the Indian workman accounted for—Mills's testimony—Principal
Cotton fabrics of India, and where made—Indian commerce in Cotton goods
Alarm created in the woollen and silk manufacturing districts of Great Britain
—Extracts from publications of the day—Testimony of Daniel De Foe (Au-
thor of Robinson Crusoe.)—Indian fabrics prohibited in England, and most
other countries of Europe—Petition from Calcutta merchants—Present con-
dition of the City of Dacca—Mode of spinning fine yams—Tables showing
the comparative prices of Dacca and British manufactured goods of the same
quality 333
PART FOURTH.
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE LINEN MANUFACTURE.
CHAPTER I.
FLAX.
CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF FLAX BY THE ANCIENTS ILLUSTRATIONS
OF THE SCRIPTURES, ETC.
Earliest mention of Flax—Linen manufactures of the Egj'ptians—Linen worn by
the priests of Isis—Flax grown extensively in Egj-pt—Flax gathering—Envelopes
of Linen found on Egyptian mummies—Examination of mummy-cloth
Proved to be Linen—Flax still grown in Egypt—Explanation of terms—Bys-
sus—Reply to J. R. Forster—Hebrew and Egj-ptian terms—Flax in North
Africa, Colchis, Babylonia—Flax cultivated in Palestine—Terms for flax and
tow—Cultivation of Flax in Palestine and Asia Minor—In Elis, Etruria, Cis-
alpine Gaul, Campania, Spain—Flax of Germany, of the Atrebates, and of the
Franks—Progressive use of linen among the Greeks and Romaiis . 358
CHAPTER H.
Cultivation and Uses of Hemp by the Ancients—Its use limited—Thrace—Col-
chis—Caria—Etj-mology of Hemp 387
CHAPTER III.
Uses of Asbestos—Carpasian flax—Still found in Cyprus—Used in funerals—Asbestine-cloth—How
manufactured— Asbestos used for fraud and superstition
by the Romish monks—Relic at IMonte Casino . ... 390
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