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RAW-SILK. 



(E.) rior to the dessee or soonamooky, but are much 

 ^ofBeng&C sought after by the private merchants, as they 

 yield a large produce. They are only to be met with 

 in the March and rainy bunds of April, and June- 

 July. The worm, like the soonamooky, is very 

 hardy, requiring little care, and not at all choice 

 in its food. 



The cramee cocoon, he believes, is inferior to 

 all the others. It is not to be met with on the 

 Commercolly side of the Ganges. He cannot speak 

 of it with any certainty. He never admits it into 

 the Company's investment. 



Madrassie. 

 Malda. 



The madrassie silk-worm is distinguished from 

 the dessee by a black mark under the throat. It 

 is preferable in produce, &c. during the hot 

 weather and the rains, from May to October. Its 

 great comparative defect is, that it cannot be kept 

 in store (in these aurungs at least) longer than a 

 few days without total destruction, whereas the 

 dessee may be kept in well aired cocooneries even 

 twelve months without material injury. The pro- 

 portion of madrassie cocoons reared in the Novem- 

 ber and March bunds is extremely small, but a 

 sufficient quantity nevertheless remains for seed, at 

 the commencement of May, when the madrassie crop 

 becomes preferable to the dessee, and continues so 



until 



