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PART III.

laid down crossing each other at right angles; and b the second stage, inwhich the rods are made fast by the commencement of the weaving process.

Figs. 1280. and 1281. show the progress of weaving the bottom ; the latterbeing what ultimately becomes the under side, and the former the upperside. '

Fig. 1282. shows the bottom complete, the under side of it being uppermost.

Fig. 1283. shows the bottom turned upside down, the points of some ofthe radiating ribs cut off; some of the rodswhich are to form the side ribs inserted;and the side weaving commenced, as indi-cated by the four rods at c.

Fig. 1284. shows thebasket nearly completed,with part of the rim finished, and the rod onwhich the handle is to be placed inserted.

Fig. 1285. shows the rim completed, andpart of the handle plaited.

These details will be sufficient to enableevery gardener or woodman to form a common

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coarse basket, which, we think, is all that, inthe present state of the division of labour, canbe required of him. Those who are desirousof farther information on this subject mayconsult our article already referred to, in theGat'd. Mag., vol. xiii., or the ~Encycl<ypwdiaBritanrdca, ed. 1836; or, if they have an op-portunity, spend an hour or two in the manu-factory of an extensive basket-maker.

Baskets made of peeled rods, when com-pleted, are washed with clean water, and after-wards put into a close room, and bleached bythe vapour of sulphur. A small iron vesselis made red-hot, and set in the centre of theroom, which is filled with baskets piled up allround the sides of the room. A lump of