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Laying a fire, 74.
Lays, of flax thread, 175.
Lean-to, description, 22.
Leashes, of heddle, 219.
Leather, utensils of, 95-96.
Letters. See Post.
Liberty Tea, 165.
Lincoln, Abraham, early home of, 4; rail-splitting, 25.
Linden, fibre from, 211.
Linen, manipulations of, 234; clothing of, 234; sentiment of, 234; price of, 234; checked, 238.
Lining the psalm, 378.
Litster, 187.
Livingstone, John, clothing of, 288.
Loaf-sugar. See Sugar-cones.
Lobsters, plenty of, 117; vast size of, 118.
Logan, Mrs., on flower-raising, 438.
Log cabin, forms of, 5.
Logging-bee, 416, 417.
Log-rolling, 389, 404, 406.
Longfellow, quoted, 327.
Long Island, bayberries on, 40; samp-mortars on, 133; wool raising on, 191; bad boys on, 373; Sunday observance on, 385; cow-herding on, 400.
Long-short, 236-237.
Loom, antiquity of, 213-214; of Giotto, 213; of Hogarth, 213-214; description of, 214.
See Power-loom, Tape-loom.
Loom-room, 212.
Louisiana, corn in, 128; petticoat rebellion in, 128; hand-weaving in, 250.
Lowell, quoted, 73.
Lucas, Governor, quoted, 182-183.
Lug-pole, 53.
Luxury, after the Revolution, 159-160.
Lye, making of, 254.
MacMaster, quoted, 207.
Madison, Dolly, dress of, 290.
Mail, of heddle, 219.
Mail. See Post.
Mail coaches, 344, 350.
Maine, windows in, 23; candle-wood in, 32; chums in, 149; axe-making in, 315.
Maize. See Corn.
Mandillion, 287.
Manhattan, bark houses on, 4; palisados on, 24.
Manners. See Etiquette.
Maple sugar, old description of, 111; manufacture of, 111-112.
Maple-wood, bowls of, 82, 318-320.
Marblehead, fis.h.i.+ng at, 122-123.
Marigolds, 427.
Marmalades, 152.
Maryland, houses in, 11; wild fowl in, 125; apples in, 145; hospitality in, 396-397.
Masks, 290.
Ma.s.sachusetts, cave dwellings in, 1; palisados in, 24; venison in, 109; fish in, 123; flax culture in, 179-180; wool-raising in, 188; bounty in, 205; sumptuary laws in, 281-284; outfit for settlers, 286-287; ferries in, 330-331.
Matches, first, 50-51.
