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CHAPTER. 
IV. 
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June 22, &v« 
Tztmga dye, 
Ur * 
Indigo dyers* 
A JOUBNEY FilOM MADRAS THROUGH 
m tkexarae mav.tev as the other. After this the cloth requires only 
four days to dry. 
After the hPrdunts have been dried 6a it,' the cloth must he 
taken to the An A washed very well by beating it on a stone far 
t ( g v£ u . yu ■ pie . e, 
that has received the Mordant ^ mto a pot, Mb tlx SO Seers (about live 
gallons) of water of the And called here salt, one half Seer ' of 
.Pot- I t barkv wu) ; no Ornft weigh! A AAA drams) of cafe tor oil; then 
boil it for two hours, aU - he while carefully stirring the whole. The 
this then Tie sun* At night it is soaked 
hi a m'ixftru of she: fs dung and w iter next morning washed, and 
then Maaoluft &it day. At night it ft again, put Into the mixture of 
sheep's dung and tjrafcety and next day is again bleached. The ope- 
ration is then, finished by starching it with KanjL The black is a 
fixed colour, but the red is perishable. 
With the Patuvra wood these Rumraru dye cotton cloth of a red 
eolouv, which A bright, but dees not stand washing, 1 s is said, that 
the people of hfddms have t he art of lixing it The process used 
by the"' 11 ur/rara : is as follows ; Prepare toe cloth by. soaking each, 
piece in a. Seer of’ uter, containing ox 1'mdus weight of powdered 
J ' do ■ ' ’ i>r tftte c o , ' ; .. [la - 
of a decoction of Pxiunga wood, in which have been dissolved .two 
Dudus weight of a mm. Then dry ' the cloth in the sun The opera- 
tion in iw A: repeat ' J ffto or rive Arnes,., tmtl! the colour he deep 
ehouffh. The decoction A ’ Paturtza is mode as tallows: Beat twe 
Patmga 'rood) put it into a pot with SO 
(about 5 gallons; of water, ami boil for six hours. 
The ‘Nititfuru are at ?rs, of the same cast with the 
p -V . e- 
potmakcra, and derive .theft name, from their dyeing with the Nila ox 
.Indite. The whole of this dye that is usvd here, homes fi’oai the 
low er Cur ratie, or northern Circa??* la order to make a vat, the AW 
■ftm-v take ten W&rc go wild ot indigo, ground with a little water 
so a tine powder; put it mto a pen capable of containing 50 Seers 
