Of course Cyrus Harding, having at his disposal neither carders, combers, polishers, stretchers, twisters, mule-jenny, nor self-acting machine to spin the wool, nor loom to weave it, was obliged to proceed in a simpler way, so as to do without spinning and weaving.
Il va sans dire que Cyrus Smith n'ayant à sa disposition ni cardeuses, ni peigneuses, ni lisseuses, ni étireuses, ni retordeuses, ni «mule-jenny», ni «self-acting» pour filer la laine, ni métier pour la tisser, dut procéder d'une façon plus simple, de manière à économiser le filage et le tissage.