Punctuation errors have been repaired.
The author uses some archaic and alternative spelling, for example,
nooze for noose, gramms for grammes. These have been retained as
printed.
The original text contained an erratum, as follows:
Erratum:--Page 39, Line 5, for Dr. Henry Porter, _read_
Dr. Harvey Porter.
The error has been fixed in this e-text.
The following amendments have been made:
Page 8--Calliaud amended to Cailliaud--"... as well as
those of Cailliaud and Rosellini show that ..."
Page 11--Tehuti-hotep amended to Tehuti-hetep--"... from
the tomb of Tehuti-hetep _circa_ 1938-1849 B.C., ..."
Page 18--netsinker amended to net-sinker--"... the
material is not suitable for a net-sinker, ..."
Page 19, Fig. 21 caption--cm. amended to in.--"...
Breadth 6.5 cm. (1-11/32 in.)."
Page 23--pecularity amended to peculiarity--"When I
noticed the peculiarity first, ..."
Page 23--analagous amended to analogous--"We know how
closely analogous to 'darning' was ..."
Page 27--safron amended to saffron--"2. This is a
coarser fabric, has been dyed with saffron, ..."
Page 29--Millemetres amended to Millimetres--"Micro
Measurements of Ten Fibres in Millimetres."
Page 32, Fig. 31 caption--Etrusian amended to
Etruscan--"... an Athenian skyphos found in an Etruscan
tomb ..."
Page 32--repeated instance of use deleted--"... there is
apparently no evidence for the use of such objects ..."
Page 35, Fig. 33 caption--templete amended to
template--"The template for regulating the width of the
cloth."
Page 37, Fig. 35 caption--whorle amended to whorl--"...
the fragment of a comb and a chalk spindle whorl, ..."
Page 38--commonally amended to commonly--"They are
commonly cut out of the hard chalk, ..."
Page 38--archaeologists amended to archaeologists--"...
the ingenuity of our ablest archaeologists at home and
abroad ..."
Page 38--impossibilty amended to impossibility--"As
regards the practical possibility or impossibility ..."
The Figures have been moved, where necessary, so that they are not in
the middle of a paragraph.