RAW-SILK. 



until October. About one-fifth of the whole an- (E.) 

 nual produce of the district appears to be of the ^^^^ g^^g^"' 

 cocoon. 



Soonamooky madrassie cocoons are produced 

 in this district in each bund of the year. 

 They have finer fibres than the dessee, and 

 the silk from them is mellower to the feel. The 

 worms are hardier, and bear the changes of the 

 atmosphere better than the dessee worms. The 

 colour of the silk from the madrassie is much 

 paler than the other. In the April and July bunds 

 about three-fourths of the produce, and in the 

 March, October, and November bunds about one- 

 fourth, are from the madrassie cocoons. 



TussAH Cocoons. 



The tussah silk-worms are reared in all the 

 western forests from Ramghur to Midnapore, with 

 some degree of variety as to the quality of the 

 goottee. 



There are three different kinds of tussah goot- 

 tees (the cocoons being so denominated) collected 

 in Assin or September, viz, the mooga, teerah, 

 and bonbunda. 



Mooga, 



