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brush and soap and water, rinsed out with cold 

 water, as hot will make it shrink, and then, when 

 dry again, beaten and brushed. The straps on pieced 

 rugs should have some dubbing (momrogan) now 

 and again rubbed into them, to prevent their getting 

 hard and the leather perishing. Summer clothing 

 should be sent to the washerman (dhobie) to be 

 washed. During the summer months woollen cloth- 

 ing should be first cleaned, and then folded up and 

 put away, some camphor, pepper, and leaves of the 

 " neem " tree, that grows in every garden in Northern 

 India, being placed between the folds to keep off 

 the moths. They should be folded away on the top 

 of a box, board, or table, or somewhere raised off the 

 ground, to be out of the way of the white ants, and 

 once a week be unfolded and hung out in the sun 

 to air for a few hours, folded up, and stored away 

 again. There is no occasion to waste the spices 

 that are with them ; if they are carefully unfolded 

 over some newspapers, the whole can be collected 

 and used again. 



Numdahs. 



If used at all, felt numdahs should have a plain 

 edge, and not be bound with coloured tape, as they 

 so often are ; particularly the cheaper ones, that are 



