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COTTON-WOOL, 



swells a little on being washed, and cloths made with it 

 do not wear so well as those from dessy. 



Bhoga 



grows on a still longer pod than the byratty. The threads 

 which form its cotton are shorter and coarse, and less 

 capable of being spun into fine thread. The thread 

 which is made from it swells much on its first washing, 

 and is less durable than thread of either of the other 

 sorts. 



Mirzapore 



is considered to be a little superior to the byratty. The 

 threads are a little stronger and longer, and rather finer 

 thread can be made from it. Cloths made from this spe- 

 cies are supposed to last longer than those from byratty. 



The quality of the Surat is preferable to either of the 

 foregoing, and is in almost equal estimation with the 

 dessy, but is not capable of being spun into such fine 

 thread. 



The finest fibres of kupas are those which adhere firmly 

 to the seed, and from which they can be separated only 

 by a machine. From this superior part of the kupas, the 

 spinners who make the finest thread carefully remove, 

 by means of a fine comb, all the looser and coarser 

 fibres. By this operation the fine part of the kupas is 

 rendered perfectly clean, and can be spun by fine spinners 

 into any degree of fineness. This process of separating 

 the finer from the coarser fibres appears to create the dis- 

 tinction between the capacity of the dessy kupas and the 

 Surat cotton. The fibres of the last being all mixed, it 

 is not capable, from its inequalities, of being spun into 

 such fine thread as the dessy; yet equal care in the 

 original preparation of it seems alone wanting to give it i 



that 



