The process of making organzine, is called _throwing_, and the throwsters form a very important branch of the silk business. Before the year 1719, the whole of the thrown silk used in England came from abroad, but at that time Sir Thomas Lombe and his brother erected a large mill at Derby for the purpose of forming organzine, and obtained an exclusive patent for its manufacture, for the term of fourteen years; at the expiration of that term, they applied for a renewal of their patent, but it was refused by Parliament, and the trade has since then been open to competition. Some idea may be formed of the extent to which the silk manufacture is carried on at present in England, by the fact that no less a quantity than four million, six hundred and ninety three thousand, five hundred and seventeen pounds of raw silk were imported for home consumption, in the year ending January 1831. The substance on which this valuable caterpillar feeds, is the leaf of the Mulberry Tree; and Providence as if to ensure the continuance of this useful species, has so ordained it, that no other insect will partake of the same food; thus ensuring a certain supply for the little spinster. * * * * * The engravings which illustrate this article are copied from original Chinese drawings: the first shows the apartment in which the worms are fed, and the manner in which the little trays containing them are arranged. In the second, the cocoons being completed by the insect, are being cleared of dirt and dead leaves, before they are removed from the frames on which they had spun. The third represents the winding off the silk into _singles_, but the windster appears for the moment to have left her post for the purpose of blowing the fire. In the fourth engraving, a Chinese silk-loom, is shown; the figure seated above, among the machinery, appears to assist the labour by means of her weight. [Illustration: WINDING THE SILK FROM THE COCOONS.] [Illustration: CHINESE MODE OF WEAVING THE SILK] NARRATIVE OF A SAILOR LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.