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cloth. Two ana's weight of alkali are sufficient to moisten a piece of 

 cloth 24 cubits long. He washes the cloth a third time in the river, 

 carries it home, and, after folding it, beats it into a smooth even surface 

 with a wooden roller which terminates the process. Four days are required 

 to print and dye a piece of cloth 24 cubits long and 1 cubit wide of any 

 pattern. Fine calico absorbs a larger quantity of fluid than a coarse 

 kind. The man charges one rupee for printing and dyeing a piece this 

 size of the best pattern, and half the money for an inferior pattern. In 

 both instances the charge for printing amounts to one fourth of the whole 

 sum. The man does not use any other colour than madder, and he was 

 the only dyer in Roree in 1839 The dyers of green and yellow cloths 

 had fled to Khyrpoor to escape the exactions of the Governor, and the dyer 

 of blue cloths had removed his shop for the same reason to the British 

 camp. 

 The Roree cotton printer had : — 



Rs. As, 

 Ten wooden blocks (chemba) 4 inches long and 2| inches 



which cost 5 anas each, 2 2 



Ten wooden blocks 4 inches square at 4 anas each, 8 3 



Two small brushes of hog's bristles for cleaning the blocks, 5 



Two boxes (dubkee) of baked clay, 2 anas each, . j 4 



Bench 4| feet long and 2 feet wide raised on legs to hold the 



cloth for printing, I 



Mat of date leaves, 1 



Large earthen pan, «, 8 



Three earthen pots, 3 



Rs. 7 15 



The price of ingredients he requires to carry on his business is stated 5 



below : — 



Rs. As. Ps. 

 Madder root 2f seers, ..., 1 



Tamarisk flowers (sakoor) brought from the wilds per 



seer, 8 



Gum (cheer) per seer, 8 



Alkali ( khar) per seer, 1 



Alum per seer, 6 



The road duties, and octroi or barrier duties, levied on four-footed ani- 

 mals is ruinously high, and of course affects their hire. For instance be- 

 tween Roree and Kyrpoor, a horseman pays :— 



