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clotli strainer. Clean it by pouring on water, and rubbing it with CHAPTER 
the hand, till the water runs through clear. The Cossumba is then 
to be spread on a blanket, and mixed with 15 Dudus weight June &c * 
(b-foVo oz.) of Suja cara, and an equal weight of Soiilu , both pow- 
dered. They are gathered together in the centre of the blanket, 
and trodden for an hour by a workman’s feet. They are then put 
upon a cloth strainer, supported as usual by sticks at the corners ; 
and water is poured on them, until it passes through the strainer 
without colour. This water is divided into three portions : that 
which came first, that which came in the middle of the operation, 
and that which came last ; the first being of the strongest quality. 
Then take 60 good limes, or 100 bad ones, cut each into two pieces, 
beat them in a mortar, and strain their juice, through a cloth, into 
the pot containing the dye of the first quality. Then put a little 
water to the skins, beat them again, and strain off the water into 
the pot containing the second quality of the dye. Then add more 
water to the lime-skins, and having beat them, strain it into the 
dye of the worst quality. The cloth to be dyed, having been well 
washed, is put into this last pot, and boiled for an hour and a half. 
It is then dried in the sun, and dipped into the second quality of 
dye, but not boiled. It is then dried again, and afterwards kept 
half an hour in the dye of the first quality. At the end of this time, 
should the colour not be sufficiently strong, the cloth must be 
boiled in the dye. It is then dried, and the operation is finished. 
The cloth commonly dyed is for turbans ; and a turban 60 cubit 
long requires 15 Seers of Cossumba. 
The only difference, in the process for dyeing the Gulenari , is, 
that to the pot of the first quality, as prepared for dyeing Cossumba , 
is added half a Seer (34^ cubical inches) of a decoction of Tundu 
flowers (Cedrella toona Roxb: MSS.) prepared as follows. Take 24 
Dudus weight (9tWo oz.) of dried Tundu flowers, beat them in a 
mortar, and boil them for half an hour in 2 Seers (137^: cubical 
inches) of water. Then strain the decoction through a cloth for use. 
