A JOURNEY FROM 
MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER manufactures of this place can never, therefore, be expected to 
ec l ua ^ w ^ at they were in Ilyder's reign, unless some foreign market 
June 22 , &c. can be found for the goods. Purnea , very desirous of the re-esta- 
blishment of this city, has forwarded by me the musters of cotton 
and silk cloth that accompany this account, with a request, that 
they may be presented in his name- to the Marquis Wellesley : and 
I beg leave to recommend, that the attention of the board of trade 
may be directed to them, with a view of forming some commercial 
arrangements that may assist in restoring a country which has suf- 
fered so much. 
Silk manu 
facture. 
Duties on 
Weavers. 
Printers of 
cotton cloths. 
The silk manufacture seems especially favourable for a country 
so far from the sea, and from navigable rivers : as long carriage, on 
such a valuable article, is of little importance. At present all the 
raw material is imported : but I see no reason why it might not be 
raised in Mysore to great advantage. Tippoo had commenced a 
trial, but his arbitrary measures were little calculated to ensure 
success. Some of the mulberry trees, however, that remain in his 
gardens, show how well the plant agrees with this climate. It is 
true, that the experiments hitherto tried below the Ghats have not 
been favourable ; but much resolution and patience are always re- 
quired to introduce any new article of cultivation; and I suspect 
that the climate here, owing to its being more temperate, will be 
found more favourable than that of the lower Carnatic. 
There is a small duty levied here on every loom ; and it is ju- 
diciously diminished to those who keep many, in order to encourage 
men of wealth to employ their capital in that way. A man, who 
has one loom, pays annually Fanams (2s. 6\d.); two looms pay 5 
Fanams [3s. 4 fd.) ; and a man who keeps more than two looms, pays 
only for each two Fanams , or Is. 4 d , All shop-keepers pay similar 
trifling duties. 
There is here a set of people called Rungaru } who act as tailors, 
cloth-printers, and dyers. Their printed cloths are very coarse, and 
the art among them is in a very imperfect state. The only two 
