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MuHghicr. Gum Lac and Dammah a kind 

 of resin are produced in most parts of Ram- 

 ghur, and are articles of exportation. Kino 

 is also produced in large quantities throughout 

 the hills; it is extracted from a tree called by 

 the Natives Kyre, in the following manner. 

 They cut down the trees and hew them into 

 small pieces, which by boiling gives out the 

 kino,, they then evaporate it to an extract. 

 This with areca nut and betle leaf, is chewed 

 by all the natives of India. 



A course kind of silk known by the name 

 of tussar, is produced there in large quan- 

 tities. The insects are much larger than the 

 common silk worm, the coocoons or chrysalis 

 being full double their size, and the butterfly 

 is one of the most beautiful creatures imagi- 

 nable. 



The silk is manufactured in many parts of 

 the country into pieces which are chiefly worn 

 by the women as petticoats. In some manu- 

 factories it is mixed with fine silk, and in oth- 



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