SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT 

 OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 



HANDBOOK 



OF THE 



COLLECTION ILLUSTRATIVE OF 

 THE WILD SILKS OF INDIA, 



IN THE 



INDIAN SECTION OF THE SOUTH 

 KENSINGTON MUSEUM, 



WITH A 



CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION 



AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY THOMAS WAKDLE. 



LONDON: 

 PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, 



PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 



FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. 

 AND SOLD AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. 



1881. 



Price One Shilling. 



