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In those great manufactures, on the contrary, which are destined

to supply the great wants of the great body of the people, every

different branch of the work employs so great a number of

workmen, that it is impossible to collect them all into the same

workhouse. We can seldom see more, at one time, than those

employed in one single branch. Though in such manufactures,

therefore, the work may really be divided into a much greater

number of parts, than in those of a more trifling nature, the

division is not near so obvious, and has accordingly been much

less observed.