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the dessee cocoons reared, the provision was in (E.) 

 silk maunds 576 .27. ^ofBcugT 



The Resident further states, that the cocoons 

 produced in Bauleah and the vicinity in the No- 

 vember bund, if a favourable one, are about 60,000 

 maunds. 



The China Cocoon. 



The worm next in estimation after those of the 

 annual and dessee breeds, is the China worm- 

 This is, as its name imports, the silk-worm of 

 China introduced into Bengal. 



This species of worm appears to have degene- 

 rated greatly in many parts of Bengal. It is, 

 however, both the white and yellow sorts, found in 

 abundance in the Radnagore district, and yields 

 silk generally of very fair quality. 



Cossi?nbuzar, 



At Cossimbuzar, as has been before observed, 

 there is a great intermixture of the dessee cocoons 

 with the China. The latter predominates in the 

 April bund, and the descriptive mark of it is the 

 length and thinness of the cocoon. It is considered 

 by the rearers of Cossimbuzar to be the most in- 

 ferior kind ; and the Resident observes, that it is 

 nearly exploded as a distinct species, although it 

 does predominate in the April bund. 



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