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RAW-SILK. 



(K.) and they are watered two or three times more 

 ^Res^denT ^^^^^^^ Y^ar, accorduig to circumstances, 



at Hurripaui. Whenever grass appears, the earth is dug up to 

 destroy it. 



The reason given by the natives for preferring 

 the standard trees to cultivating in the same way 

 as at Bauleah, is that the soil is too dry down 

 here to answer in any other way than with the 

 standard. 



Mr. Lane ascertained that the Gonatea cocoons 

 yield a stronger silk than the Hurripaui : I am 

 unable to say if this is owing to climate or to the 

 superior quality of the mulberry. Mr. Shakespear 

 states, that the plant is dug up and thrown away 

 about the third year. This is not the case about 

 Bauleah : so far as I recollect, it is not quite ex- 

 hausted there under nineteen or twenty years. 



Extract Letter from C, Shakespear, Esq.y Resi- 

 dent at Soonamooky, 2d April 1833. 



Report from I havc thc houour to acknowledo;e the receipt 



Resident at & r 



Soonamooky. of your letter of the 21st ultimo,* together 



. with 



* Replying to queries on the culture of the mulberry tree 

 and rearing of the silk-worm, submitted by Dr. Lush to the 

 Bombay Government. 



