AXD ITS USES. 2J 



exportation, but have reason to believe that it 

 amounts, annually, to some lacs of rupees. The 

 dealers, who come from those places ( especially 

 Guzerat) to purchase, advance money to the culti- 

 vator, and, when the crop is ready, buy it, either 

 on the ground, or after it is dug up. In the first 

 case, they dig a small portion of the field, and, accord- 

 ing to the quantity it yields, form a judgment on the 

 value of the whole. 



The method of dying with this root is as follows : 

 The cloth to be dyed is thoroughly washed and 

 scoured, with an extemporaneous kind of soap-lie, 

 made by mixing the oil of sesamum with the fossil 

 alkali. Then, supposing the cloth (which is generally 

 of a thin texture) to be twenty-six cubits long, and 

 one cubit broad, the quantities of ingredients will be 

 ♦ as follow. 



Take of large Her * in pow r der, three ounces. 

 Mix it well with four pounds of water. In this the 

 cloth is to be thoroughly wetted, so that the absorp- 

 tion of Her may be as equal as possible It is then 

 to be squeezed, and spread in the sun for about 

 forty-eight minutes, to dry, taking care that no drop 

 of water fall upon it. The cloth, when dried, is of 

 a cream - colour. It is kept in this state for four or 

 five days, that the particles of the MyrobaJan may be 

 more firmly attached. 



Then take of powdered allum, two ounces ; dis- 

 solve it in lb ij of water. Wet the cloth thoroughly 



'* The ChcbuU ; Myrovalani maxima, oblong<e y angulostf. C. B. 



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