 | W. Wakefield - Social Science - 1996 - 344 pages
...subject of what is considered to be of great importance in the manufacture, it is well worth quoting*), the best water for this use is found in the canal...between every three or four strokes. This occupies about five minutes. The shawls are then dried in the shade, as the hot sun spoils the colours, and in ten... | |
 | Thomas Stevens - History - 1997 - 338 pages
...and the flood gates. After being wet and stamped upon by naked feet, for five minutes, the shawl is taken into the canal by a man standing in the water...the shawl swung round and beaten with great force on a flat stone, being dipped into the canal between every three or four strokes. This occupies about... | |
 | English periodicals - 1842 - 528 pages
...shawl is placed, and, water being poured over it, it. is stamjied on by the naked feet lor about live minutes, and then taken into the canal, by a man .standing...swung round and beaten with great force upon a flat sfone, being dip|>ed into the canal between every three or four strokes. This occupies about five minutes.... | |
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... floodgates at the Drogjun. Some ruins, in large limestone blocks, are lying on the washing-place, and in one of these is a round hole about a foot and a half in diameter, 'and a foot in depth. In this the shawl is placed, and water being poured over... 
