50.

Jefferson, Thomas, quoted, 207, 256;
hospitality of, 397;
impoverishment of, 397-398.

Jewellery, slight wear of, 297.

Johnson, quoted, 143, 145, 188.

Johnson, Governor, baby clothes of, 265.

Johnny-cakes, 135.

Josselyn, quoted, 117;
his list of plants in New England, 432 _et seq._

Judd, Sylvester, quoted, 216, 237.

Jugs, of stoneware, 98.

Jumel, Madame, cave house of, 3.

Kalm, quoted, 39-40;
on squirrels, 110;
on bees, 111;
on maize bread, 134;
on canoes, 326-327;
on the plantain, 436.

Kearsarge, Mount, romance of, 405.

Kentucky, hand-weaving in, 249.

Ketch, 328.

Kill-devil. See Rum.

Killing time, 153.

King Hooper house, 30.

Kitchen, description, 52;
in rhyme, 73-75.

Knife. See Jack-knife.

Knife-racks, 68.

Knights, Madame, quoted, 8;
on canoes, 327-328;
journey of, 332;
on sleighs, 355.

Knitting, 190;
yarn for, 201;
by children, 261-262;
elaborate designs, 262.

Knitting machine, 190.

Knives, of flax brake, 170.

Knocker, Hancock house, 28;
Winslow house, 29.

Knots, of flax thread, 175.

Krankbesoeckers, 385.

Labadist missionaries, quoted, 118-119.

Lad's lore, 428.

Lamps, 43-45.

Lathe. See Batten.

Latten ware, 58.

Laws, about flax culture, 179-180;
about dress, 282-284;
about ferries, 330-331;
about mail, 334;
about taverns, 357;
on observance of Sunday, 378-379;
of warning out, 392 _et seq._;
about fences, 401-402.

Lay, of loom. See Batten.

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;