ribed, 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.

Cheese-press, 150-151, 312.

Chesapeake, turkeys on, 109;
wild fowl on, 125.

Chicory, introduction of, 449.

Children, at table, 101-102;
occupations of, 179-180, 182, 188-189, 203-204, 261-262;
dress of, 287;
in meeting, 372 _et seq._;
in noon-house, 376.

Chimney, catted, 15, 53;
size of, 52, 68;
description, 53;
in Dutch houses, 55.

China, early use of, 100;
importation of, 100-101.

Chinese stuffs, 294.

Chinking walls, 5.

Chopping-bee, 403 _et seq._

Chorister, in Dutch churches, 386.

Churches, in Virginia, 381-383;
in Albany, 385.
See also Meeting-house.

Churns, few in New England, 149;
examples of, 149-150;
whittling of, 312.

Cider, use by children, 148-149, 161;
use by students, 161;
price of, 161;
manufacture of, 161-162;
generous use of, 161-163.

Clam-shells, use of, 308-309.

Clarionets, in meeting, 378.

Clavell-piece, 54.

Clay, for dyeing, 241.

Clergymen, in Virginia, 384.

Clocks, 299.

Clock-jack, 65.

Clock-reel, 174-175;
price of, 177;
for yarn, 200.

Clogs, 295.

Cloth, finishing of, 231-233.

Cloth bar, 224.

Clothes, durability of, 281;
extravagance in, 281;
laws about, 281 _et seq._;
of Massachusetts settlers, 286-287;
of Virginia planters, 287;
of children, 288 _et seq._

Coaches, in Boston, 331, 353-354;
in England, 354;
Judge Sewall on, 354;
in New York, 354-355.
See also Stage-coach.

Coat-of-arms, on sampler, 267.

Coat roll, 248.

Cob irons, 62.

Cocoanut-cups, 96-97.

Codfish, early discoverers on, 115-116;
plenty of, 115