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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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Their
cloth
is
a
beautiful
substance,
manufactured
in
a
peculiar
manner,
by
a
process
resembling
that
employed
by
the
natives
of
the
South
Sea
Islands,
and
not
unlike
our
mode
of
making
paper.
The
material
is
found
in
caves
and
amongst
the
rocks
of
the
mountains,
where
a
species
of
insects,
larger
than
our
spider,
produce
it
in
great
abundance.
They
form
webs
somewhat
like
those
of
spiders,
but
of
a
firmer
texture,
and
more
compactly
woven.
These
webs
have
the
properties
of
asbestos,
owing
probably
to
the
insects
subsisting
upon
that
or
some
similar
substance.
The
inhabitants
collect
them
with
great
care,
and
lay
them
in
a
mould
of
the
dimensions
of
the
piece
of
cloth
to
be
made,
placing
so
many
of
them
one
upon
another
as
the
intended
thickness
of
the
cloth
requires.
This
done,
a
fluid
preparation
which
hardens
by
the
influence
of
fire,
without
losing
its
elasticity,
is
poured
over
it.
It
is
then
pressed
firmly
together,
and
passed
over
a
heated
cylinder,
which
completes
the
operation.
This
cloth
is
extremely
convenient.
Being
incombustible,
like
asbestos,
it
is
only
necessary
to
pass
a
garment
through
the
fire
to
purify
it
perfectly.
It
is
also
very
durable;
and
being
exquisitely
white,
it
corresponds
admirably
with
the
delicate
complexions
of
the
people,
and
the
mild
light
of
the
region
they
inhabit.
All
the
divisions
of
labour
necessary
to
the
convenience
and
welfare
of
society,
are
here
perfectly
understood.
The
community
is
not
bewildered
by
a
voluminous
and
complex
system
of
political
economy,
consisting
of
abstract
principles,
buried
in
abstract
and
unintelligible
words,
and
rendered
too
intricate
to
be
understood
by
those
who
have
common
sense,
or
too
inapplicable
to
civilized
society
to
be
adopted
by
those
who
have
any
sort
of
sense--invented
by
the
Wise
men
of
one
country
to
mislead
the
politicians
of
another,
and
to
depress
the
Good
and
the
Useful.
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