SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT 



OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 





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HANDBOOK 



OF THE 



COLLECTION ILLUSTRATIVE OF 

 THE WILD SILKS OF INDIA, 



IN THE 



INDIAN SECTION OP THE SOUTH 

 KENSINGTON MUSEUM, 



WITH A 



CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION 

 AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY THOMAS WAKDLE, 



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v ^*oeposo 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, 



P EIXTEKS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 



FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. 



AND SOLD AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. 



1881. 



Price One Shilling. 



