2^0 On the Manufactures carried on at Bangalore^ 



The master weavers keep froii) two to five servants, who 

 ^re paid by the piece. Workmen that are employed on 

 cotton cloth with silk borders make daily about 3. fa?mm, 

 or nearly sd. Those who work in cloth consisting of silk 

 entirely, make rather less, or from -f§- (6f pence) to f (6 pence) 

 of 2l fanam, according to the fineness of the work. It is 

 Dot usual for weavers of any kind in this country, except 

 those of ihe IVh lUani cast, to employ part of their time in 

 agriculture ; but many persons of casts that ought to be 

 weavers are in fact farmers. The cuttenj are more affluent 

 than the puttuegars, and these again are more wealthy than 

 any other kind of weavers. 



Another kind of manufacture is coloured cotton cloths of 

 a. thin texture, and with silk borders. It resembles one of 

 the manufactures of the puttuegars, called dutari huvinay 

 but is coarser. It is entirely fitted for the different kinds of 

 iien>ale dress 5 and is made of various lengths, from eight to 

 sixteen cubits, according to, the age and size of the wearers. 

 In tliis way three different kixids of weavers are employed ; 

 the shaijnagarv, the canara devangas, and the teliga de- 

 vQ}7ga$. These people buy the thread at the public markets. 

 The red thread comes mostly from Advany, Balahari, and 

 other places near the Krishna river : the various shades of 

 blue are dyed by the niligaru. 



The weavers themselves dye part of the red thread with 

 the mudd't root, which is that of two species oi morinda ; the 

 citrll'olia of Linnaeus, and the tern'ifoUa described in my 

 manuscripts. The colour is dark, but stands washing hi 

 cold water. In boiling, it fades. The following is the pro- 

 cess used : — The thread must be divided into parcels eack 

 weighing one seer (lO-pVoVoz.)- For each parcel take \. secr- 

 (2yi..-_.Hg. oz.) of powdered soulu, and dissolve it in 4 seers 

 (274^)^ cubical inches) of water. Put into the solution 

 ^ seer of sheep's dung, and \ seer (S-J^^yV oz.) of sesamnm 

 oil, and with the hand mix the whole well. Wet the par- 

 cel of thread in this mixture tjioroughly, and let it hang up. 

 in the house all night to dry. Next day expose it on a rock 

 to the sun ; and during the four or five following days it 

 must be dipped nine times in a solution of -J- seer ( 1 -^J^-^ 02.) 



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