230 On [he Motkn of the Sun and Solar Sys/cin. 



this squeeze and roll the thread well^ and leave it so till 

 next day. 



7th, Repeat the process of yesterday, and dry the thread 

 in the sun. 



8th, The same process to be repeated. 

 9th, First repeat the ash-ley process three or four times,' 

 as under the operations 3, 4, and 5, and then prepare the 

 following mixture: One pint of sheep-dung water; one 

 gill of Gingelly oil ; one pint and a half of ash-ley. — In 

 thi5 squeeze and roll the thread well, and dry it in t,he 

 sun. 



10th, Repeat the same process. 



llth, Do. do. 



12th, Do. do. 



13th, Do. do. 



14th, Do. do. 



15th, Wash the thread in clean water, and squeeze and 

 roll it in a cloth until almost drv; then put it into a vessel 

 containing a gill of powdered chaya root, one pint by mea- 

 sure of cashan leaves, and ten pints of clear water ; in this- 

 liquor squeeze and roil it about well, and allow it to remain 

 so till next day. 



1 6th, Wring the thread, and drv it in the sun, and re- 

 peat again the whole of the 1 5th process, leaving the thread 

 to steep. 



17th, Wring it well, drv it in the sun, and repeat the 

 same process as the day before. 



ISth, Do. do. 



19th, Do. do. 



20th, Wring and dry it in the sun, and with the like 

 quantity of chava root in ten pints of water boil the thread 

 for three hours, and allow it to remain in the infusion un- 

 til cold. 



21st, Wash the thread well in clear water, dry it in the 

 sun, and the whole process is complete. 



Cilcutta, Oct. 4, 18C3. J. MaCHLACHLAN. 



XLV. On the Direction and T'elocity of the Motion of the 

 Sun and Solar System. By William Herschkl, 

 LL.D.F.R.S* 



\Jvn attention has lately been directed again to the con- 

 struction ol the heavens, on which I have already delivered 



• rrom the Tr(Pi~a<.tions of the Ro*nl Socirtij for 1805. 



several 



