120 THE TUSSEH SILKWORM MOTH. 
© 8d. To wind off these cocoons, they put them 
into a ley made of plantain ashes and water, for 
about two hours, after which they take them out 
of the ley, and put them in their wet state into an 
earthen pot ; those which are properly softened are 
first applied to the reel, and so on, as the cocoons 
become soft, for four or five days, till the whole are 
wound off. 
«The implement used for taking off the thread 
is a small common reel of four bars.. The cocoons 
are laid in a smooth earthen dish, without water ; 
the reel is turned by the right hand, whilst the 
thread of four or five cocoons passes over the left 
thigh of the spinner, and he gives the thread a 
twist with his left hand upon his thigh. The ope- 
vation is this instant in my sight, with a thread of 
five cocoons, the produce of another species called 
Jarroo, and described below, but the reeling is ex- 
actly the same as that of the Bughy, and therefore 
one description answers for both. I must add, that 
the thread is exceedingly apt to come off double and 
treble for several yards together, which is not re- 
garded by the natives, as breaking off double threads 
would diminish the produce, and, moreover, would 
occasion loss of time : a very even thread, however, 
may with care be reeled from either the Bughy or 
Jarroo cocoon. 
4th. <The Bughy silkworm feeds indifferently 
on Byer and on Asseen leaves, and is a species in 
