and the Processes used for Dyewg &ilh and Cotton, 26^ 



prepared as follows : — Take 24 dadiis weight {9^J'^<^'z.) of 

 dried Hindu flowers, beat them in a mortar, and boil them 

 for half an hour in 2 seers (137-i- cubical inches) of water. 

 Then strain the decoction through a cloth for use. 



The devnngas frequently make a very dark blue, which 

 they call black, by means of the bark of the swamy, or 

 Sweilenia febrifuga Koxb. MSS. This colour is ciieap j 

 but its intensity leaves it on the first washing ; whereas the 

 very deep blue imparted by repeated immersions in indigo, 

 and approaching near to black, is very high-priced, and 

 durable. Ir is ihe colour most esteemed by the natives, 

 who call it black. The devangas take cotton thread or 

 cloth that has been dyed blue by the nUigarii witi) indigo, 

 and sprinkle it with a decoction of swamy bark. This is 

 made by powderlna^ the dry bark, and boihng it for an hour 

 and a half. While the cloih or thread is sprinkled, it must 

 be moved with the hand, so as to imbibe the colour equally 

 in every part. 



Tliese weavers say, that they obtain advances from the 

 merchants, and borrow money from the bankers, exactly 

 on the same terms as the puitnegaru. They Sell their goods 

 lo merchants, or to private customers, and never carry 

 them to the public markets. None of them follow any 

 other business than that of weaving, and many are in good 

 circumstances. The shaynagaru are the richest. The ser- 

 vants are paid by the piece, and make about 20 faimms 

 (13i. b\d,) a month. 



A kind of weavers called hily mugga by the Mussulmans, 

 but in Tact consistingof the casts called Shaynagam, Padma^ 

 sh(day, and Samay-shalay, weave many kinds of white 

 muslins, 



I. Dutary, striped and chequered muslins, cal^ed in Ben- 

 gal durias. They are from 28 to 32 cubits long, and from 

 2 to 1^ broad; and, if commissioned, flowers of cotton, or 

 gold thread, are frequently woven in them. 



ir. Soda sJdllay or plain muslin, like the mvfmiils of 

 Bengal. These are from 26 to 32 cubits in length, and 1-^ 

 to 2 cubits in breadth, 



III. jisto cwmhi, a cloth like the cossaks of Bengal^They 



' have 



