CONTENTS. 



Page 



Preface - - - - - - xi. 



Chapter I. Classification of wild silkworms - 1 



„ II. History of silk - - - - 8 



„ III. The silk of commerce - - - 1 1 



„ IV. Wild silks - - - - 13 



„ V. Tuaser silkworm and silk - - 13 



„ VI. New and improved processes of reeling, 



spinning, dyeing, and printing Tusser 

 silk, with account of its uses - - 28 



„ VII. Tusser embroidery - - - 47 



VIII. The Eria silkworm - - - 48 



„ IX. Dyeing of Eria silk - - - 53 



„ X. The Moonga, Mooga, or Muga silk - 55 



„ XI. Carding and spinning Eria and Muga 



cocoons - - - - 58 



„ XII. Attacus Atlas - - - 61 



„ XIII. Various other wild-silk producing worms 64 



„ XIV. Life-history of several silk-producing 

 worms, and Table of the diameter, 

 strength, and tension of a single fibre 

 and dimensions of cocoon of the chief 

 mulberry and Indian wild silks - 68 



„ XV. Moths' scales - - - - 69 



Appendix I. The Indian silkworm, by Dr. G.Birdwood 71 



„ II. Table of Indian coins, weights, and 



measures - - - - 76 



„ III. Catalogue of the Collection of Wild Silks 

 in the Indian Section, South Kensington 

 Museum - - - - 81 



„ IV. Description of the machinery used in 



Italy and France for reeling cocoons, 

 and the mode of using it - - 86 



„ V. Lyons Chamber of Commerce and Wild 



Silks - - - 90 



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