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exclusively confined, and all attempts to convey it to other coun- 
tries are punished by confiscation. In like manner it is considered 
in Rodokh and Chan-Khan as illegal to allow a trade in shawl 
wool except through Ladakh ; and in the latter country considera- 
ble impediments are opposed to the traffic in wool from Yarkand, 
although it is of a superior quality and cheapness. The hair of 
the goat, after it is separated from the wool, is made into ropes, 
blankets, and bags for home use, and as wrappers for bales of 
merchandize. 
“ Although the fleece of the sheep affords a material similar to 
that of the goat, it is not in sufficient proportion, nor of adequate 
length, to be considered fit for the manufacture of shawls : it is, 
therefore, either worked up into woollen cloth, the greater portion 
of which is reserved for domestic consumption, and a small part 
is exported, or it is exported for a like manufacture to Kotoch, 
Chamba, and Kulu, and even to Kashmir. Some of this cloth, 
shorn and singed into an imitation of long piled velvet, is not 
without merit as a fabric. The sheep of Chan-Kan are also arti- 
cles of trade, as they are larger and stronger than the breeds to the 
westward; and being imported from thence, are re-exported to the 
hill states, where they are largely purchased as beasts of burden, 
carrying from twenty -five to thirty pounds weight. 
“ Besides the fleece of the domesticated goat, that of the wild 
goat, under the denomination of Asali Tus, is exported in smaller 
quantities to Kashmir. It is of a light brown colour and exceeding 
fineness, and is worked into shawls, a species of soft cloth called 
Tusi, and lining for shawl wool stockings ; very few shawls, how- 
ever, are made from this material. I purchased a small quantity 
of it at eight rupees the manwati : when picked, for which an 
additional charge of seven rupees was made, I received about five 
ounces, or one-eighth of the original quantity, back in very fine 
shawl wool. Another parcel yielded a fifth. In general, the 
pickers of shawl wool are paid by the hair, but in this case the 
hair was considered unfit for making into ropes, &c. Shawls 
made from this material would be much softer, lighter, and warmer, 
than those of ordinary fabric. When, without being picked, the 
Asali Tus is worked into Tusi, it forms a warm, soft cloth, of a 
drab or grey colour, which is much worn in the hills. It is manu- 
factured at various places in the Panjub. A piece bought at Am- 
ritsar for ninety rupees was sold at Delhi for two hundred and 
fifty ; but the Tusi cloth which comes to Hindustan is made from 
a mixture of the Asali Tus with other wool. This article must 
be always high priced, from the difficulty of procuring the animal 
that produces it, the wild goat rarely venturing within gun-shot 
