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Note from page 415: 1. See §156, note 1.

Note from page 415: 2. Probably horse-drawn mills using a rawhide belt.

Note from page 415: 3. Cotton or wool fibers were cleaned and disentangled by means of hand-held cards, then spun into yarn on spinning wheels.

Note from page 415: 4. Sumac.

Note from page 415: 5. Presumably "butternut" yellow.

Note from page 418: 6. This note is written down the center of the page.