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equal to a hundred miles and upwards. I of course 
cannot vouch for the truth of this, but have no 
hesitation in declaring that I believe it. The Jar- 
roo worm is guarded on the trees in like manner as 
the Bughy ; this I have had opportunities of seeing 
on the hills westward of me: the cocoons are darker 
coloured than the Bughy species, and are wound off 
as described above. ‘The accompanying skein I had 
reeled off at my elbow this morning ; it consists of 
five Jarroo cocoons at first, of four when one cocoon 
was finished, and of three when two cocoons were 
ended. I then stopped the reel ; the three that re- 
mained of course gave a filament the entire length 
of the skein. 
‘ There is still another species of wild silkworm 
produced in the Burbhoom hills, which I heard is 
more capable of being domesticated than the one 
above described; but I dare say you will excuse 
my saying any thing respecting it, as I can only 
speak from hearsay, the insect not being produced 
in these hills. 
*T send you ‘herewith,’ says Mr Atkinson, in a 
subsequent communication for Dr Roxburgh, ‘ a 
specimen of Bughy Tusseh silk. I kept the co- 
coons by me several days after they had been steep- 
ed in the alkaline ley, and they reeled just as well as 
if they had been newly soaked. The cocoons do 
not, I think, differ from those of the Jarroo species, 
except that they are lighter coloured. I send one 
