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CHAPTER 
IV. 
June 22. &c. 
Shir ay. 
Kiri gay. 
Cvpissa . 
Dotra. 
Kucha 
Kkana. 
Shalnama ; 
Paggoo. 
Cloths made 
by the Put- 
tuegars. 
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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
1. The cloth which the women wrap round their haunches', 
and then throw over their heads and shoulders like a veil, is from 
14 to 17 cubits long, and from 2 to 2-J cubits wide. It is called 
Shiray. 
2. If these cloths are for the use of girls, they are called Kirigay ; 
and are from 9 to 12 cubits long, and from H to If cubit broad. 
3 . The little jacket which the women at this place wear, is made 
up in pieces containing 12 jackets, and called Cupissa tan. These 
are 14 ~ cubits long, and two cubits, or two cubits and a nail, broad. 
4. Men wrap round them a cloth called Dotra , which is from 10 
to 12 cubits long, and from 2f to 2-1 cubits broad. 
5. The wrappers of boys, called Bucha Khana , are 6 or 7 cubits 
long, and If or l f cubit broad. 
6. Cloth for wrapping round the head and shoulders of men, like 
shawls, is named Shalnama ; and is 6 cubits long;, and 2- 1 broad. 
Smaller ones are made for children. 
7. Paggoo , or turban pieces, are from 30 to 60 cubits long, and 
f of a cubit broad. 
Having assembled the different kinds of weavers, I took from 
them the following account of their various manufactures. 
The Puttuegars, or silk-weavers, make cloth of a very rich, strong 
fabric. The patterns for the first five kinds of dresses are similar 
to each other; but are very much varied by the different colours 
employed, and the different figures woven in the cloth; for they 
rarely consist of plain work. Each pattern has an appropriate name, 
and, for the common sale, is wrought of three different degrees of 
fineness. If any person chooses to commission them, whatever 
parts of the pattern he likes may be wrought in gold thread ; but, 
as this greatly enhances the value, such cloths are never wrought, 
except when commissioned. The fabric of the sixth kind of dress 
is also strong, and rich ; but the figures resemble those on the shawls 
of Cashemire, 
The turbans are made of a thin fabric of cotton and silk. 
