PLATE VI.
TAUNTEES, OR WEAVERS,
WT II THE MANNER OF THEIR WORKING THE’ LOOM.
T H e lo.om i,s jrude and .sjmplej^yet with' suchsmachinery they manufacturé
\those beautiful muslins that are in Europe so "'much! sought
after and; admired., The texture of some of them is*sjcf extremely delicate,
.that when spread between two persons, .the appearance is that of
a rpist prs’fogi' and although a yard and a quarter wide, cânj'be'drawn
through a wedding ring. The weaver generally sits on the ground and
there is an excavation under the loom,, in which he placés hi? legs.
These people are very industrious and equally inoffensive ; their
wages are small, and—they are therefore necessitated to, labour?'ftices-
.sâridyîtgfsuppQrt their, families, .which are, generally very numerous.
Their children however, when they attain ten years otage, will eai»n
.their, own; livelihood, or contribute in a great measure towards it.
;^eaFt the; loom stands an earthep pot, and,'against the side of it
is his hooka.".