330 Dr Jackson on the OulHvation of Boseg, ^c. 



tilled. Over ten thousand roses water may be put to tillow of 

 sixteen or twenty bottles coming out. The following day 

 these twenty bottles are placed over eight thousand more 

 roses, and about eighteen bottles of rose-water are distilled. 

 This may be considered the best to be met with. The attar 

 is so much lighter than the rose-water, that, previous to use, 

 it is better to expose the rose-water to the sun for a few days, 

 to allow of its being well mixed, and rose-water that has been 

 kept six months is always better than that A^hich has recently 

 been made. 



At the commencement of the rose season, people from all 

 parts come to make their purchases, and very large quantities 

 are prepared and sold. There are about thirty-six places in 

 the city of Ghazeepore where rose-water is distilled. These 

 people generally put a large quantity of sandal oil into the 

 receiver, the oil is afterwards carefully removed and sold as 

 sandal attar, and the water put into carboys, and disposed of 

 as rose- water. At the time of the sale, a few drops of sandal 

 oil are placed on the neck of the carboy to give it a fresh 

 scent, and to many of the natives it appeal's perfectly imma- 

 terial whether the scent ai'ises solely from the sandal oij or 

 from the roses. Large quantities of sandal oil are every year 

 brought up from the south, and expended in this way. 



The chief use the natives appear to maJte of the rose-water, 

 or the sandal attar as they term it, is at the period of their 

 festivals and weddings. It is then distributed largely to the 

 guests as they arrive, and sprinkled in profusion in the apart- 

 ments. A large quantity of rose-water is sold at Benares, 

 and many of the native rajahs send over to Ghazeepore for 

 its purchase. ]\Iost of the rose-water, as soon as distilled, is 

 taken away, and after six months from the termination of the 

 manufacture, there are not more than four or five places where 

 it is to be met with. 



I should consider that the value of the roses sold for the 

 maniafacture of rose-water may be estimated at 15,000 rupees 

 a-year, and from this to 20,000 ; and from the usual price 

 asked for the rose-water and for which it is sold, I should 

 consider there is a profit of 40,000 rupees. The natives ara 

 verj' fond of using the rose-water as medicine, or as a vehicle 



