THE TECHNOLOGIST. [March 1, 1864. 



350 SERICULTURE IN OUDH. 



is not only the case with yours (Mr. Lindsay's), but with those I received 

 from Messrs. Carnegy and Cope. On the whole, I consider yonr cocoons 

 very passable, and send you the silk reeled from them, which I am sure 

 you need be pleased with, as it is as good in every way as what was 

 sent to the Exhibition. The 69 cocoons weighed two tolas, and the silk 

 from them weighs four annas." 



The sample of cocoons sent to me from Hurdui appeared good, but 

 they were smaller than my own. 



The following is from Mr. P. Carnegy, Deputy Commissioner, con- 

 cerning an experiment made at Fyzabad with the Cashmere silkworm : 

 "The mulberry plants received from Lucknow are thriving fa- 

 mously. I am doiDg my best to promulgate the species, which has been 

 pointed out to me as the Morns multicaulis, as it is believed to be the 

 very best. 



" I do not know whether it has been brought to notice that the 

 Phalmna paphia, otherwise the Bombyx mylitta or Tusseh silkworm, is 

 well known all over Oudh, and is called by the natives ' Kooswaree.'' 

 It feeds upon the Byer, and it has been said, also on the leaf of the Saul. 

 It cannot be domesticated, and takes wing on reaching the moth stage. 

 As far as I can learn, the only use made of the Tusseh fibre in Oudh, is 

 as a band for tying the barrels on to the stocks of matchlocks, but in 

 the neighbouring districts of Azimgurh, Tusseh cloth is made, and so 

 far back as 1837, there were over 3,000 siiklooms. The band which 

 fastens the Tusseh cocoon to the tree is as hard as leather. 



" The report on my cocoons by the Agri-Horticultural Society of the 

 Punjab, was as follows : Hurdui cocoons fair, but somewhat thin. 

 Fi/zabad cocoons of a slightly better quality than the above. 



" These cocoons were taken at random ; had I sent picked ones, the 

 report would of course have been more favourable, but the estimate 

 formed would not have been so just a one. 



" On receiving the Chief Commissioner's circular, of 22nd February, 

 1862, I at once made its contents known to the Talookdars of the dis_ 

 trict, and indented on Mr'. Cope for silkworm seed. 



" It had occurred to me that the care of this experiment might with 

 great advantage, be confided to the female prisoners in the jail, as being 

 in every way calculated to suit their strength, sedentary habits, &c, 

 consequently on the 21st January, when the seed was received, it was 

 made over to the women. 



" The eggs at once began hatching, but so ignorant were we all of 

 the process, that it was not till the 25th February, that the worms lived 

 and prospered. Many had died before these, some from the effects of 

 being put on jail-made paper, in the preparation of which a solution of 

 bluestone had been used. On that day a man returned from Seetapore, 

 to which place I had sent him to be instructed by my cousin, Mr. P. J. 

 Carnegy, and from that time all has gone on well, and few worms sub- 

 cjuently died. 



" On the 15th March, the first silk was produced, and the hatching 



