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equal to a hundred miles and upwards. I of course 

 cannot vouch for the truth of this, but have no 

 hesitation in declaring that I believe it. The Jar- 

 roo worm is guarded on the trees in like manner as 

 the Bughy ; this I have had opportunities of seeing 

 on the hills westward of me : the cocoons are darker 

 coloured than the Bughy species, and are wound off 

 as described above. The accompanying skein I had 

 reeled off at my elbow this morning ; it consists of 

 five Jarroo cocoons at first, of four when one cocoon 

 was finished, and of three when two cocoons were 

 ended. I then stopped the reel ; the three that re- 

 mained of course gave a filament the entire length 

 of the skein. 



f There is still another species of wild silkworm 

 produced in the Burbhoom hills, which I heard is 

 more capable of being domesticated than the one 

 above described ; but I dare say you will excuse 

 my saying any thing respecting it, as I can only 

 speak from hearsay, the insect not being produced 

 in these hills. 



' I send you herewith,' says Mr Atkinson, in a 

 subsequent communication for Dr Roxburgh, ' a 

 specimen of Bughy Tusseh silk. I kept the co- 

 coons by me several days after they had been steep- 

 ed in the alkaline ley, and they reeled just as well as 

 if they had been newly soaked. The cocoons do 

 not, I think, differ from those of the Jarroo species, 

 except that they are lighter coloured. I send one 



