1850.] 



City of Auruny abaci. 



IS 



winder, similar in appearance, is wound the kullabuttoo as it is pre- 

 pared, which is made by attaching the end of some badla to the silken 

 filament, and rapidly twirling the winder on which it is wound, the 

 end being led over a hook suspended from the ceiling : as the silk 

 thread twists round, the badla is carefully adopted in its progress 

 down so that it neither overlaps nor exposes the silk within. Nine 

 tolas cost one rupee making, and a man or woman can make 1^ 

 tola a day. 



„ . The manufacture of mushroo is also another staple 



Mushroo. 1 



production, that has greatly diminished in late years ; 

 at present there are but about 40 looms at work, though the persons 

 following this profession are about 130. The goods made have the 

 warfs of silk, and the woof of fine cotton thread, dyed of various colors, 

 and is disposed in striped or spotted patterns, some have a narrow 

 silk border; the amount exported last year is stated to be 25,440 Ru- 

 pees. 



Karchook walas or embroiderers in muslin, &c, are 



KarchookWalas. ...... i „» i • i 



indiscriminately Hindoos and Mussulmen, a singular 



and handsome style of embroidery peculiar to this place, is formed 

 by using the wing of certain coleopterous insects for the patterns : 

 these are green beetles, which are imported from Kandesh at 8 annas 

 the 1,000 : the value of this manufacture varies from 5 to 10,000 Ru- 

 pees a year, and is principally exported to Madras and Hydera- 

 bad. Many females of decayed Mussulman families, who once enjoy- 

 ed all the comforts of life, find employment in this species of ma- 

 nufacture, and thus are enabled to earn a subsistence for themselves. 

 Another class of embroiderers stretch tash upon a tambour frame, 

 and work patterns of flowers and leaves upon it very tastefully by 

 sewing on beads, spangles, beetle's wings, and gold, and silver-bad- 

 la. Caps and velvet slippers are embroidered in the same manner, 

 and please the native taste by the showy glittering appearance they 

 make. 



The sword cutlers confine their business entirely 

 Sword Cutlers. to ornamenting the blades and handles, and making 

 scabbards. The handles are of iron, and when re- 

 quired to be gilt are first made very smooth, and then finely hatch- 

 ed with a knife called a cheernee and after wards with another sloped 



