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td with thofe fine woollen ftufFs known in 

 Bengal by the name of Jhauuis, which the 

 Mahometans ufe for turbans. This ftuff 

 €ofts no lefs than an hundred piftoles the yard, 

 when the fuperfine wool of the Cacbeminan 

 flieep has been employed in manufadur* 

 ing it. 



So exorbitant a price muft furprife thofe 

 who know the chcapnefs of labour in India, 

 and at wliat a low rate raw materials may 

 be procured in that country* It is, however, 

 with very rude inftruments that the Indian, 

 more dexterous and more patient than the 

 European, is enabled to weave thefe valuable 

 ftuffi. 



Should France wifh, in the courfe of 

 time, to fhare with India and China, the 

 advantageous trade which they carry on in 

 woollen and filk ftufFs, and printed cottons, 

 1 think, and many intelligent men ate of 

 the fame opinion, that this might be accom- 



piifhed, 



