China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . k threads from threads as they were wound off were made to passthrough water for the purpose of rendering them soft andflexible. The dying establishments to which the weaver sends hiscotton fabrics—at least in the localities which I have enu-merated—consist of one large room, in which several vats arearranged. The dye which is generally used is indigo; and aninfusion of it is made with water, to which are added wine anda little lime of the shells of cockles. The ratio in wdiicbthese ingredients are mixed together is
China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . k threads from threads as they were wound off were made to passthrough water for the purpose of rendering them soft andflexible. The dying establishments to which the weaver sends hiscotton fabrics—at least in the localities which I have enu-merated—consist of one large room, in which several vats arearranged. The dye which is generally used is indigo; and aninfusion of it is made with water, to which are added wine anda little lime of the shells of cockles. The ratio in wdiicbthese ingredients are mixed together is as follows :—One piculof indigo, three catties of wine, and a little lime, to thirteenpiculs of water. In this infusion the fabric steeps for half anhour. It is then removed, and, when the water has been squeezedout, it is dried in the sun. Each web is subjected to this processno fewer than eleven times ; after which it passes into thehands of a workman who spreads it out in the sun, and dampsit by filling his mouth with water, which he ejaculates, to use.
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