1 508 OAi^HMEER.
2 jojed ihs gj&wtmt/KBi often indooes tJmn to nbd ; but- noiwill^
3 staodiiig Ilia rtrangUi of the oonntcyt tbsf aie alw»js fiuily sabduod.
4 The Caihmeriiiu are of no account as soldiers, and the A^^iauns and
5 Kuzzilbaushet atre enervated by the life they lead, and probably little
6 disposed to act with vigor against the King } while the royal army is
7 composed of poor, adventuvout soldiers, who look forward with avidity
8 to the plenty and the pleasures of Cashmeer, and who knovr the sti£> .
9 feringa iSaey must undergo in case of a retreat.
10 The repulse of Shauh Shiija's troops has been mentioned in another
11 place. Cashmeer has since been retlured hv the XWier Futtch Khaun,
12 who iTTiprudently and unnecessarily tailed in the assistance oftho Siks
13 in that eot^cijse. The present governor is a brothtf of Jbutieh
14 Khaun.
15 The most remarkable protiuction of Caslimeer is its siiaw 1?-, which
16 supply the whole world, and wliich are said to be manuikctured at
17 sixteen thousand looms, each of which gives employment to three
18 men. *
19 • Tlic followinj^ is an extract from the report drawn up by Mr. Strnrlirv, hIio made
20 many enquiries on this subject, and who ha4 scune shawl sttt£Es made under ht» own in-
21 ipectioo, of wool proeaiod tUt Umiitair. T1i» mawftftarers were pioBBCw iMiaiigiiig 19
22 the embassy, and they worked ib a tCOt ; yet tiiey appeared tn find no difflctdlj
23 in t>!('ir ^"r^p1o^^^^»>!!t, <« A shop may be occupied with one shawl, providoil it be a re-
24 markabiy tine one, above a year, while other 8h<^ make six or eight in the course
25 ** of tint period. Oi it» hml taiA wmt inM Umia, msi iit mmk m 9 ifmm ^
26 ** an inch is completed in one day, by thrcr ]ir-oplc, wliich is the usnal number cmploj^ed
27 ** at most of the shops. Shawla oontaiming much woriv are made in S€{«rate pieces at
28 " different shops, and it may be cfctemed dmt it very rarely happens that die pieces, whai
29 •* completed , correspond in size.
30 ** The sluip^ consist of n frame work, at which the persons employed sit on a bench :
31 ** their number ii» from two to lour. ()n pUin shawls, two people alone are aoflojedf
32 ** Mid a long nanow, hat heuvy dratde k oed; dioie of ^tAUb die pattern la wii»>
33 ** gated, are worked with wooden needles, there being a separate needle for the threfld
34 *• of each colour ; for the latter, no shuttle is required. The operation of their manu-
35 ^ Suture ib of court>e slow, proportionate to the quanti^ of work which their patterns
36 ' ** may require.
37 " The Oostaud, nr liead workman, superintend^! while his jofTrne^'mfn are employed
38 M joeax him immediately under liis directions. If they have any new iwtteru in handt
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