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Page 105
... cocoon , Boußixia , [ Hist . An : v . 19 ( 17 ) , 11 ( 6 ) ] . He describes it as , " A " certain great worm , which has ... cocoons , " and afterwards weave them . It is said that this was first woven " in the island of Cos by Pamphile ...
... cocoon , Boußixia , [ Hist . An : v . 19 ( 17 ) , 11 ( 6 ) ] . He describes it as , " A " certain great worm , which has ... cocoons , " and afterwards weave them . It is said that this was first woven " in the island of Cos by Pamphile ...
Page 106
... cocoons with the unravelling of Chinese silks and weaving their threads again into Coan gauze ; and perhaps with ... cocoon were known to the Greeks and the Romans from the time of Alexander's expedition to India , and equally clear that ...
... cocoons with the unravelling of Chinese silks and weaving their threads again into Coan gauze ; and perhaps with ... cocoon were known to the Greeks and the Romans from the time of Alexander's expedition to India , and equally clear that ...
Page 154
... Cocoons and silk of the Mooga or Moonga worm , Antherea Assama . There are five breeds of this worm per year . They feed on the Addakoory , Champa , Soona , Kontooloa , Digluttee , Pattee , Shoonda , and Souhalloo . No. 37 . A silk ...
... Cocoons and silk of the Mooga or Moonga worm , Antherea Assama . There are five breeds of this worm per year . They feed on the Addakoory , Champa , Soona , Kontooloa , Digluttee , Pattee , Shoonda , and Souhalloo . No. 37 . A silk ...
Page 155
... cocoons and waste Tus- sore with which I furnished them , from material collected for me in India by order of the Government of India . No. 57 . A pattern of the same kind as No. 56 , but which I have printed in seven colours . Tussore ...
... cocoons and waste Tus- sore with which I furnished them , from material collected for me in India by order of the Government of India . No. 57 . A pattern of the same kind as No. 56 , but which I have printed in seven colours . Tussore ...
Page 156
... Cocoons . stance of Cocoons . side of Cocoons . ing Sub- stance of Cocoons . ⚫0135 worm ) . Phyllanthus emblica ⚫03 Bombyx Attacus ( the Oak Silk- Yami mai 1000 " 950 " APPENDIX D. FOREST CONSERVANCY IN INDIA . THE Forest Department.
... Cocoons . stance of Cocoons . side of Cocoons . ing Sub- stance of Cocoons . ⚫0135 worm ) . Phyllanthus emblica ⚫03 Bombyx Attacus ( the Oak Silk- Yami mai 1000 " 950 " APPENDIX D. FOREST CONSERVANCY IN INDIA . THE Forest Department.
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