Show A S ikmon i of the sea silk is obtained from the shellfish known as the which Is found in the mediterranean this shellfish has the power af spinning a viscid silk which in sicily Is made into a regular and very handsome fabric the silk Is 1 spun by the shellfish in the first instance for the purpose of at taching itself to the rocks it Is able to guide the delicate filaments to the 1 roper place and there glue them fast and if they are cut away it can reproduce them the material when gathered which is done at low tide Is washed in soap and water dried straightened and carded one pound of the coarse filament yielding about three ounces of fine thread which when spun la Is a lovely burnished gol den brown color |