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tion, is uncertain, and probably cannot be ascertained. Appendix. 

 The greater part of this tract is for three parts of the 

 year under water, and so is much of the north-west 

 country, in which is produced cotton that swells. Whether 

 the Dacca fine cotton, sown in Bengal or in other parts 

 of the world, would retain this admirable quality, can only 

 he known by actual experiments. It is now making in 

 Bengal. 



The April crop is the most esteemed and bears a 

 higher price, and is generally, but not always, the most 

 <jultivated. The inferiority in the September crop is 

 probably owing to the vegetation from April to September 

 being more rapid and less substantial. The September 

 cotton should be kept longer before it is used than the 

 April, bat both should be kept for a season. The new 

 cotton has a watery softness, and thread made of it swells 

 more than thread from old cotton. 



Imports. 



The BJioga 



is produced in the eastern hills and brought down for sale. 

 It is used in making coarse cloths, such as low-priced 

 baftaes and guzzies, when other cotton is dear; it is also 

 used for the stripes of the dorees, but makes them very 

 indifferently. The quality is coarse, but the thread swells 

 much in bleaching. 



Serongee. 



Hindostan cotton, so called from the city of Serongee, 

 is known in Calcutta by the name of Mirzapore cotton. 

 It is of a coarser staple, and is used for the stripes of the 

 dorees, to render them more distinct from the ground. 

 It is only fit for baftaes, cossaes, or thick cloth. It has of 

 late been used for the Chaundpore nainsooks, but has 

 greatly hurt the fabric. It is utterly unfit for muslins 



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