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Bushnell, Horace, quoted, 246.
Busks, carved, 320.
b.u.t.ter, price of, 149.
b.u.t.termilk, for bleaching, 175.
Caches, for corn, 138.
Cage, for babies, 372; for bad boys, 385.
Calash, 289.
Calf-keeper, duties of, 400.
Cambridge, cow-herding in, 399.
Campbell, Madam Angelica, coach of, 335.
Candles, cost of, 34; making of, 35-37; materials for, 38-39, 42.
Candle-arms, 42.
Candle-beams, 42.
Candle-box, 38.
Candle-dipping, 36.
Candle-moulds, 36-37.
Candle-p.r.o.ngs, 42.
Candle-rods, 36.
Candle-sticks, 42.
Candle-wood, 32.
Canoes, 323-327.
Canteens, of horn, 321.
Captain of the watch, duties of, 380.
Cards. See Wool-cards.
Carding described, 194-196.
Carding-machines, 206.
Card-setting. See Wool-cards.
Capuchins, 295.
Carolinas, sweet potatoes in, 145; hand-weaving in, 249-251; gardens in, 438-439.
Carpet. See Rag carpet.
Carrots, 145.
Carving, terms in, 104-105; of wood, 320; of horn, 321-322.
Caves, description of, 2; for corn, 138.
Cave-dwellers, 1.
Cedar tops, for dyeing, 251.
Cellar of Dutch houses, 10.
Chain in weaving, 250.
Chair-seats, 310-311.
Chaise of Brother Jonathan, 353.
"Change-work," 417.
Chap-men, 300.
Chargers, 80, 84.
Charleston, flax manufacture in, 182-183; dress in, 293; gardens in, 438-439.
Charlevoix, Father, on canoes, 327.
Chaucer, quoted, on spinning, 179.
Chebobbin, 415.
Cheese, making of, 150.
Cheese-basket, 150-151.
Cheese-hoop, 312.
Cheese-ladder, 150-151, 312.
