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CHAPTER paste. It must, however, be dried in the shade, and the colour 
then stands' very well; which it would not do, were it dried in 
June 22, kc. the SUB. 
The Puttuegars give their yellow silk to the Niligaru, who dye it 
with indigo. It is then washed by the Puttuegars in the infusion of 
tamarinds, and afterwards is of a fine green colour; which, if it be 
dried in the shade, is tolerably well fixed. 
The Niligaru dye all the other colours ; such as light and dark 
blue, sky blue, and purple. The silk is never dyed in the piece. 
The red and orange- coloured silks are mostly in demand. 
Weavers call- Some weavers called Cattery, who pretend to be of the Kshatriya 
ed Cattery. cast ^ manufacture exactly the same kinds of goods as the Put - 
Sale for the 
goods made 
by the Put - 
tuegars and 
Cutlery. 
Wages of 
these silk 
weavers. 
tuegars. 
The whole of the demand for these goods, according to the ac- 
count of the manufacturers, is in the country formerly belonging 
to Tippoo : Seringapatam , Guhi, Nagara, Chatrakal, and Chin'-raya - 
pattana, are the principal marts. When the goods are in much 
demand, it is customary for the merchant to advance one half, or 
even the whole, of the price of the goods which he commissions; 
but when the demand is small, the manufacturers borrow money 
from the bankers at two per cent, a month, and make goods, which 
they sell to the merchants of the place. They never carry them to 
the public market. The silk is all imported, in the raw state, by 
the merchants of this place. 
The master weavers keep from two to five servants, who are paid 
by the piece. Workmen that are employed on cotton cloth with 
silk borders make daily about a Fanam, or nearly 8 d. Those who 
work in cloth consisting of silk entirely make rather less, or from 
_l pence) to -§• (6 pence) of a Fern am, accoromg to the fine- 
ness of the work. It is not usual for weavers of any kind in this 
country, except those of the JVhalliaru cast, to employ part of their 
time in agriculture ; but many persons oi casts that ought 1,0 be 
v/eavers, are in fact farmers. The Cattery are more affluent than the 
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