1 GASHHEEIL
2 The mountains round Cashmeer are in many placet inhabited by
3 tribes who are in a sort of dependence on the Doorauneea. Theix
4 chiefs have Tecools within the valley, which have probably been given
5 to ensure their obedience: they furnish some troops to the Haukim,
6 and pay him revenue when he is strong enough to levy it. Their
7 dependence is, however, very slight.
8 Tiie foUowing are the only chiefii oi liiis description of whom I have
9 any account :
10 •* or one with which they are not familiar, he descrilxs to tliem the figures, colours, and
11 « threads which they are to use, while he keeps before him the pattern on which thej
12 DoppBu vo Ds <Mpioyeo» OTwwn npon pi|Wf;
13 " Durii)g llu- operation of making, the rough side of the shawl is uppermoet on the
14 " £ramc^ ootwithfttMuUng which, the Oostaud never ini«talt«» ^ r^;iilari^ of tbe moit
15 " figured pttttenUa
16 Hw nvgei of ft* OMand (the mqit^SanUhiag materials) are <rom six to
17 pice per day ; of the common wQirbiMii» fim one to four pioe (a pioe jn riAairwr
18 ** may be about thrce-hal^ence).
19 <* A nefdiaiit^ entering hagij into llie Awl tnd% freqoMii^ * mmibar of
20 ** shop-, -^hich he colletts in a spot under his eye; or he supplies the head workmen
21 ** witli tbreud which has been previously spun by women and afterwards coloured, and
22 they carry on die nuomlMture at' didr own hoiiiei, haviiig previottdy wcawJ inrtnie-
23 tions from the merchant "^""'^^'g die qaaHtf of die goode he ntf nqpdn^ diilr
24 •* colours, patterns, &c
25 ** After die goods ere completed, the mHdunC cairieR fliem todie emloai-offloei iriien
26 " each shawl is ittampcd, and he pays a certain duty, the amount of whkh ie letflBd a(V
27 'cordint; tn the quality and vfdue of the piece. Tliv officer of the government generally
28 •* fixes tlie value beyond wlu^t the gooiU are ri'aliy worth. Tlie duty is at the rate of
29 ** one-fifth of the piiee.
30 \f ,-t li swis are exporter! unwashed, and fresh from the loom. In Indin, itu rc is
31 ** uo market for unwashed shawls, and at Umritair they arc better washed and packed
32 " than in Cashmeer. Of thoee sent to die westward, many are worn mrwashed.
33 " Tlie wool of which the shawls are made is imported from Tiljot and Tartan,', in
34 ** wbidx countries alone the goat which produces it is said to thrive. Hiat which ie
35 * broni^t from Bodnik ie nAiMied die beat. Ite pciee m Oadmieer k fiom ton to
36 ** tmmty noqpeee fx a tnxmk (vUdi i» eoHpeeed to he aboat tirdTB ponndi)! the whiter
37 f* sort is die dearest.
38 ** It would perhajfM be difBcult tu determine with accuracy the quantity of shawls manu>
39 ** fiwtoved ■nnnalfy} eoppeebg^ howew, dint ftne of dl Undt are on an everage made
40 " at eaeh shop or IcKmi in the cciirvr of a yeai* die <lllialwt WOOhl be eljg|llj thooaBUdp
41 u which is jpn^)ably not fiir from the truth."
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