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value other parts of the machinery ; the large stone at the bottom of 

 the pit took twenty men to lift it, and this, and other large stones at the 

 bottom and sides of the pit, were brought from a long distance. 



Rs. A. P. 



Pit, 50 



Two vats lined and terraced at the edges with two muns of 



mortar, 10 



Wooden lever ( Take F.) and hammer, E 10 



This is exclusive of seven seers of iron fastened to the bottom 



of the hammer which cost, 7 



Transverse beam (C.) and supports, 2 



The beam (A.) and its two supports, 1 



The shop which holds the three vats and machinery, 5 



The shop was a kind of shed, open at the sides and measured 

 twenty-four feet in length and eleven in width. Two sides 

 were walled in with boughs of the date tree, and the roof was 

 mat and reeds upheld by wooden posts. Neither mud nor 

 bricks were used in the construction. 



Six frames or moulds of fir wood measuring 23 inches in 

 length and 20 in width, for raising the stuff from the cistern, 



at 6 anas each, 2 4 



Three fine mats of split reed 23 inches long bound together 



by horse hair to place on the frames, at 6 anas each, 1 2 



Sirkee mat to receive the sheets, r , 2 



Board on which the paper is polished, 40 



Polishing stone, 2 



* Earth pot (muttee) to contain a mun of water, 30 



Two earth pots (dillee) containing each ten seers, 04 



Thirty strings to hang paper on, 4 



Pair of scissors for cutting paper, , 1 



Chopper (koolharee) to chop hemp, containing half a seer of 

 iron, 1 00 



Rs. 91 5 



I need hardly observe the fine texture of paper depends on the hemp 

 being well beaten, and the number of dippings required to form a sheet 

 depends a good deal on the vatman's dexterity in raising the stuff; some- 

 times five and six dippings are necessary. Hemp is pounded four days 



* Earth pots are dear at Roree, and there are only two potters in the town. 



