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gardens of all the colleftors, from whence they may be after- 

 wards diftributed amongftthe villagers. 



" The ifland of Goffimbuzar, and the banks of the Bur- 

 rhanpooter, where alone filk is made in Bengal, is but a fmall 

 i^ot, compared with the extent of the coaft. Li four months 

 of cold /eafon, neither does the mulberry put forth leaves, nor 

 the e»gs of the filk-worm hatch ; whereas our cold feafon here 

 is furEciently warm for both, and the iilk I have made is more 

 brilliant than that of Bengal- 



" In Europe the worm undergoes but one evolution in the 

 year; whereas mine are in the third generation fince the 14th 

 of December lall. 



"• Several gentlemen have brought filk-worms here fuioe 

 I have been in India, which, for want of plan, attention, or 

 perfeverance, have come to nought; and although the war at 

 prefent is a great hindrance to the full adoption of any plaa 

 for this purpofe, yet the eafe with which it may be effefted, and 

 the certainty that mulberry cuttings planted before the monfooa 

 Tvill live, with little farther trouble, I am induced to hope, that 

 ground will be laid out for plantations as foon as poffible- I 

 am, Sir, with all due refpeil, &c. 



JAMES ANDERSON." 



Fbrt St George, \ 



To Dr James Andsrson. 



■' Sir, 

 '"I AM directed by Government to acknowledge the receipt 

 of your letter of the 18th inft. and to acquaint you, that tliey 

 have defired the Board of Revenue to give inftruftions to the 

 coile£tors for appropriating ground for the purpofe, and X9 

 afford every fuitable encouragement to the cultivation of mul- 

 berry trees. The colleaors are to be informed that you will 

 fupply them with cuttings ; and .Government recommends, 

 tliat you afford them, die benefit of your opinion and advice, 

 upon application, in order to promote the objefts which you 

 have in view, by extending the mulberry plantations. I am. 

 Sir, &c. 



Q, N. WiaTE. Sec." 



Fort St George,"} 



April so. 1791.J 



