332 Wool and Woollen Manufactures of Khorassan. [No. 99. 



No. 1. Is a sample of wool of the winter growth from a Candahar 

 Ram. The quantity yielded was rather better than 3Jlbs. English. 

 This is reckoned good. 



No. 2. From a Ewe yielding a fleece of 2\ lbs. 



No. 3. From a Ewe yielding a fleece of 2} lbs. 



No. 4. From a Lamb, two months old. 



No. 5. " Shalakee." This is the manufacture of Candahar, and is 

 finer than that of the districts, on account of the threads being spun 

 by the wheel instead of the twirling stone. It is made in pieces of 25 

 inches by 5 to 10 yards long, Candahar measures, i. e. from 5 yards 

 2 feet 6 inches to 1 1 yards 2 feet, English measure, long. 



The price formerly was to 2\ Co's. Rs. per piece, but now it 

 is to 6 Co's. Rs. It is worn as shawls or chuddurs. 



No. 6. " Barak" Made from Hazarree wool, and manufactured in 

 the Hazarree country, where it is called " Bdrdk-i- Sirkullee •," the size 

 is 15 inches wide by 7 yards long, and the price 3 Co's. Rs. It is 

 subject to a duty of 2 annas per piece. Used as chogahs or cloaks. 



No. 7. " Bdrdk-i- Bdrai." This is made from Lamb's wool by the 

 Candahar Hazarrees ; the size 1 5 inches wide by 7 yards long, price 

 per piece 3-12 Co's. Rs. 



No. 8. " Bdrdk-i-Bdrai" of Cabul. It is made also of Lamb's 

 wool by the Cabul Hazarrees, in pieces 6 to 7 yards long, and sells at 

 from 5 to 10 Co's. Rs. per piece. 



No. 9. " Barak-i-Barai." The manufacture of Ghuzni Hazarrees 

 from Lamb's wool, size from 28 to 30 inches wide by 7 to 8 yards long, 

 price from 2 to 5 Rs. 



Besides these manufactures, there are carpets, grain bags, saddle bags, 

 nummuds or rugs, felt cloaks, called kosahs, peculiar to Candahar, 

 mittens, socks, and horse cloths. 



No. 10. Is a sample of the nummud, or felt, of which the " kosahs" 

 are made. 



No. 11. Is from Herat, and is very similar to what the Tartars of 

 Hungrung and Spiti call " Birmore," but it is thinner; 16 to 18 inches 

 wide by 6 to 7 yards long ; price from 3 to 6 Co's. Rs. 



No. 12. Is a sample of wool taken from the wild sheep of Khorassan, 

 and is added merely as a curiosity. 



Along with the foregoing samples, I have the pleasure to send 



