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buzar, the Radnagore, and Hurripaul aurungs : (K.) 

 indeed it is only three or four years since this de- Report from 



Resident 



scription of worm has been cultivated by the ryots at Bauieah. 

 of the Bauieah aurungs. 



At the time called by the natives Sixe 'punchomy, 

 about the end of January, the annual worms begin 

 to disentangle themselves from the shell, and in a 

 few days thereafter, if the egg does not hatch, the 

 worm of the subsequent date seldom thrives or 

 comes to maturity with advantage. 



The two following bunds, called the "April" and 

 the June-July " bund, are generally composed of 

 the nistry or madrassee worm, which is better able 

 to withstand the rainy and sultry weather expe- 

 rienced as the sun approaches and leaves. 



In the Bauieah aurungs not a worm is reared 

 from the leaf of the tree. But the large or annual 

 cocoon worm prefers the leaf of the shrub which is 

 well matured, to that which is young and tender : 

 hence it is inferable, that the annual worm would 

 thrive better with the tree leaf than the shrub 

 leaf. The tree, although never used in this dis- 

 trict, is said to be cultivated in parts of the Rung- 

 pore and Radnagore districts for the production of 

 cocoons. 



The mulberry-shrub, notwithstanding it occa- 

 sions more labour and expense, is more profitable 

 than the tree, from its yielding four or five crops 

 in the year, and thereby is more suited to the dessy 

 and nistry worm. Whether these descriptions of 



worms 



