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; description of, 214. See Power-loom, Tape-loom. Loom-room, 212. Louisiana, corn in, 128; petticoat rebellion in, 128; hand-weaving in, 250. Lowell, quoted, 73. Lucas, Governor, quoted, 182-183. Lug-pole, 53. Luxury, after the Revolution, 159-160. Lye, making of, 254. MacMaster, quoted, 207. Madison, Dolly, dress of, 290. Mail, of heddle, 219. Mail. See Post. Mail coaches, 344, 350. Maine, windows in, 23; candle-wood in, 32; chums in, 149; axe-making in, 315. Maize. See Corn. Mandillion, 287. Manhattan, bark houses on, 4; palisados on, 24. Manners. See Etiquette. Maple sugar, old description of, 111; manufacture of, 111-112. Maple-wood, bowls of, 82, 318-320. Marblehead, fishing at, 122-123. Marigolds, 427. Marmalades, 152. Maryland, houses in, 11; wild fowl in, 125; apples in, 145; hospitality in, 396-397. Masks, 290.
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