Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . part, and then very gradually diminishes in diameter untilit becomes so fine as to be incapable of standing the strainof reeling. This is because the silk from one of the wormstwo glands is exhausted, leaving but one half the originalfiber. When one of the threads breaks or the end of one cocoonis reached, the reeler takes a fresh one, and with thumb. Drying Corticelli Raw Silk after Soaking it in Water toSoften the Natural Gum. and forefinger as shown by the Colored Plate dexterouslytwists its end around the running thread, of which fromthat momen
Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . part, and then very gradually diminishes in diameter untilit becomes so fine as to be incapable of standing the strainof reeling. This is because the silk from one of the wormstwo glands is exhausted, leaving but one half the originalfiber. When one of the threads breaks or the end of one cocoonis reached, the reeler takes a fresh one, and with thumb. Drying Corticelli Raw Silk after Soaking it in Water toSoften the Natural Gum. and forefinger as shown by the Colored Plate dexterouslytwists its end around the running thread, of which fromthat moment it becomes a constituent part. Imported raw silk comes in skeins of from one to sev-eral ounces, packed into bundles called books, weigh-ing from five to ten pounds. In China and Japan the booksare usually sold in bales varying from one hundred to onehundred and sixty pounds. 29
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