152 ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [Bombay. 



Offk'ml value of cotton wool exported from Great Britain, either raw or 

 manufactured, for three years, ending 1823. 



Yean. 



Raw Cotton exported. 



Yarn exported. 



Manufactures exported* 





£ 



£ 



£ 



1821 ,.. 



1,062,302 



1,898,695 



21,039,493 



1892 ... 



1,279,263 



2,353,217 



21,566,92© 







2,125,119 



24,117,519 



Hence it appears that this single commodity enriches the country to 

 the amount of twenty-one millions sterling annually, besides supplying the 

 home market with manufactures. 



EupuoiimiTM is the concrete resinous juice of the Euphorbia Anti- 

 quorum, a prickly shrub, growing in Malabar and various parts of India. 

 It is in tears of an irregular form, some of which are found, on being 

 broken, to contain little thorns, twigs, &c. ; others are hollow, without any 

 thing in the cavity ; the tears are of a bright light yellow, between straw 

 and gold colour, on the outside, and white within ; easy to break, having 

 little smell, but the taste violently sharp and acrimonious, It is to be chosen 

 dry, clean, and of a bright colour; its acrid taste is the great mark of its 

 goodness, and ought to be such as to inflame the whole mouth, on holding 

 a very small piece therein for a short space of time. 



Fish Maws are an article of trade from various parts of India to 

 China, where they are much esteemed as an article of luxury. In chusing 

 them, care should be taken that they are properly cured, or they will be 

 subject to decay, and not be worth the freight; the largest are to be 

 preferred. 



Folium Indicum, Tauzpaut, said to he the Malabathrum of the 

 ancients, is the leaf of the Laurus cassia, {Tejpat y Hind.) ; it is large, of an 

 oblong figure, smooth and glossy on the upper side, and less so on the lower. 

 Its colour is a dusky green on one side, and a pale brown on the other. It 

 is furnished with three ribs, running its whole length, very protuberant on 

 the lower side ; and it has two smaller ones near the edges. Its smell, when 

 fresh, is aromatic and agreeable, somewhat resembling that of a mixture of 

 cloves and cinnamon ; taste rather acrid and bitterish, but very aromatic : 

 when chewed, it renders the saliva slimy and glutinous. The more aromatic 

 the flavour, the warmer the taste, and the fresher, the more it is esteemed. 

 Freight, 9 Cwt to the ton. 



Hemp. — The Island of Salsette produces two sorts of this commodity ; 

 one resembles the Bengal Paut, the leaves and young fruit of which are used 

 as food, and the fibrous part employed in several kinds of cordage. The 



