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a species of silk-worm which cannot be domesticated. 

 They are so abundant'in many parts of Bengal, and the 

 provinces adjoining, as to have afforded to the natives 

 of those countries, and particularly to theBrarnins, from 

 time immemorial, considerable supplies of a most du- 

 rable, coarse, dark colored silk, which is woven into a 

 fabrick called Tusseh-dootie. 



This species of silk-worm, might, it is supposed, prove 

 highly useful to the inhabitants of the south of Europe, 

 and also of the southern states of America, where a 

 cheap, light, cool and durable dress is much wanted : 

 such a dress as this silk affords, and such as is worn by 

 the Bramins of India. Once introduced, they would 

 probably flourish, unaided by the care, and undisturbed 

 by the attentions of man. 



SECTION IV. 



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WHEREVER the mulberry finds a congenial climate 

 and soil, there also, the silk-worm will flourish. Such 

 a climate and soil, and such a country is ours, through- 

 out its whole extent, from its Eastern to its Western 

 shores. The silk-worm requires a pure atmosphere for 

 the preservation of its health. It has been proved in 

 Toulouse in France, that the silk-worms raised in the 

 huts of the poor peasants, and enjoying the pure air 

 through cracks and broken windows, were from this 

 cause alone, more productive than those which were 

 reared in the houses of the rich in the city. 



The silk-worm is a native of China. From Chi- 

 na, also, we derive the Morus alba or White mul* 

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