P L A T E XLYL1I.
A COTTON-CLEARER.
T his ftpnftnte a* contrivance;. im gfekte. i»^. fos the purpofe: oft clearing
cotton from nfeleeds*»* Bj^ftriking.'jV^ithj afmallmallet'j the catgut firing
that is attached to the piece of wood which the man holds in his?left hand,
and to which is affixed a line depending fem- ah elaftta piece'off; bamboo
‘fgftftipH to hisjback^helobfens tSeifS^caj’, ranck thus, -by means of the
jarring? tnofion*, eaufes» the* feeds, or.any extraneous fubftances, to he
fbakerifbuti^bf it-» ^
Cotton grgwwiji .China in greats abbndance,v The befllforfecomes1 from
a fruit notve^y ijnlike a .common apple, which, -if hen perfedly ripe, opens,
and difcdvers the^wcfoli..
