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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
of Tagashay Bija, or seed of the Cassia Tora , which is made as fol- 
lows. Take 4 Seers measure Winchester gallon) of the seed, June22 > &c, 
and boil it for 6 hours in four or five Seers of water (about an ale 
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gallon). The boiled seed, as well as the decoction, must be put into 
the vat; aud then there must be added 10 Seers (fi-j^y^lb.) of 
powdered Soulu, or impure soda, 12 Seers (7 T Vo lb.) of quicklime, and 
two Sect's of the ley of pot-ash (137 cubical inches). The whole 
is then stirred with a stick, and the mouth of the pot is covered 
up. Every evening and morning, for four days, three Seers (20 6 cu- 
bical inches) more of the ley must be added; and in the last portion 
must be put about the size of an apple of quicklime. The vat now 
rests for three days ; when four or five Seers of boiling water must 
be added to it, and the vat is then ready for dyeing. The ley of pot- 
ash is prepared as follows: Burn to ashes the branches of the Calli t 
(Euphorbium Tirucalli), or of the Utrayena ( Achyranthes muricata ): 
of these ashes put 2 Seers ( 1 AVo lb.) into a pot, in the bottom pf which 
there is a small hole. The hole is covered with a small inverted cup, 
and that by some rice husks or chaff. Above these are put the 
ashes, and on them are poured by degrees 25 Seers, or about. 6 ale 
gallons of water, which filters through the hole in the bottom of the 
pot, and forms the ley. It must be observed, that the water used 
by the NUigaru is always either that called here salt, or that which 
is found in places abounding with calcarious Tufa. 
The indigo vat having been prepared, an estimate is formed of 
the number of Seers weight of cotton that it will dye. Tor every # 
Seer weight of cotton thread pass a Seer measure of water through 
the pot containing the ashes, and in this weak ley dip the Seer of 
cotton; wash it well, and then wring out the water. The solution 
of indigo is then divided into five equal parts. The thread is dipped, 
by Seers weight at a time, into these pots, till the colour in each is ex- 
hausted ; and what does not obtain a proper colour in the first, after 
being dried, receives repeated dips, until the colour arrives at the 
