...that which 'added to .the Thing" very much, was, that not one of thole Looms wanted Work: He farther added, That there -,was not a Child in the Town, ;or in the Villages rouad it, of above Five Years bid, bur, if it was not neglected by its Parents, and untaught, couid...

...Trade in the Town, that they had 1 100 Looms foing for the weaving of Sagathies, Duroys, and fuch ind of Stuffs; and that not one of thofe Looms wanted...round it, of above five Years old, but, if it was not negledled by its Parents, and untaught, could earn its own Bread. This was what I never met with in...

...At Taunton, in Devizes, the traveller was assured that there was so much work at the looms, &c., " that there was not a child in the town, or in the...it was not neglected by its parents, and untaught, coold earn its own bread. This was what I never met with in any place in England, except at Colchester,...

...flannels and Salisbury whites for the Turkey trade ; there were eleven hundred looms in Taunton, where " there was not a child in the town or in the villages...its parents and untaught, could earn its own bread ;" ': the great foundries or ironworks " of Sussex were still carried on at a " prodigious expense...

...Defoe records with pride that in his day (1724) there was not a child in Taunton or the neighbourhood above five years old, " but if it was not neglected...its parents and untaught, could earn its own bread." Under the domestic system children were put to work as soon as they were able to render any kind of...

...and that which added to the Thing very much, was, that not one of thofe Looms wanted Work: He farther added, That there was not a Child in the Town, or...it was not neglected by its Parents, and untaught, TAUNTON 267 untaught, could earn its own Bread. This was what I never met with in any Place in England,...