Parliamentary Papers, 48권

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118 페이지 - The yarn thus manufactured, is wove into a coarse kind of white cloth, of a seemingly loose texture, but of incredible durability, the life of one person being seldom sufficient to wear out a garment made of it ; so that the same piece descends from mother to daughter.
81 페이지 - ... communications on the most convenient mode of rearing the worm have been generally promulgated. The silk so produced in Sweden has confirmed, in the amplest manner, the remark formerly made on the superior fineness and solidity of silk grown in the north, compared with that from more temperate climes ; a fact that has received the unanimous sanction of the members of the Royal Society of Commerce, as well as of many silk manufacturers.
114 페이지 - It does not appear that silk in any quantity has been obtained from this source in the Madras Presidency. Considerable quantities of the small silk cloth worn by the Brahmins at their meals are imported into the Northern Circars from Cuttack. The only use to which the cocoons appear to be turned is that of a ligature for native matchlocks. They are cut spirally into long narrow bands, with which the barrels are tied to the stock.
107 페이지 - The whole space of time occupied by the two crops may be about five months, beginning about the first of July, and ending about the last of November. A great number of the cocoons preserved for seed burst, and these can only be sold for about half price. Those originally intended for sale are killed by being put in boiling water, and then dried in the sun. In procuring food for these worms, the only trouble is to select a piece of ground on which the Asan tree grows, intermixed with few others. These...

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