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CHAPTER paste. It must, however, be dried in the shade, and the colour
v*v- then stands very well; which it would not do, were it dried in
June 22, &c. the sun.
The Puttuegars give their yellow silk to the Niligaru, who dye it
with indigo. It is then washed by the Puttuegars in the infusion of
tamarinds, and afterwards is of a fine green colour; which, if it be
dried in the shade, is tolerably well fixed.
The Niligaj^u dye all the other colours; such as light and dark
blue, sky blue, and purple. The silk is never dyed in the piece.
The red and orange-coloured silks are mostly in demand.
Some weavers called Cuttery, who pretend to be of the Kshatriya
cast, manufacture exactly the same kinds of goods as the Put-
Weavers call
ed Cuttery.
Sale for the
goods made
by the Put-
tuegars and
Cuttery.
Wages of
these silk
weavers.
tuegars.
The whole of the demand for these goods, according to the ac-
count of the manufacturers, is in the country formerly belonging
to Tippoo: Seringapatam, Gubi, Nagara, Chatrahal, and Chiri-r&ya-
pattana, are the principal marts. When the goods are in much
demand, it is customary for the merchant to advance one half, or
even the whole, of the price of the goods which he commissions;
but when the demand is small, the manufacturers borrow money
from the bankers at two per cent, a month, and make goods, which
they sell to the merchants of the place. They never carry them to
the public market. The silk is all imported, in the raw state, by
the merchants of this place. *
The master weavers keep from two to five servants, who are paid
by the piece. Workmen that are employed on cotton cloth with
silk borders make daily about a Fanam, or nearly 8d. Those who
work in cloth consisting of silk entirely make rather less, or from
Ta (6i pence) to •§- (6 pence) of a Fanam, according to the fine-
ness of the work. It is not usual for weavers of any kind in this
country, except those of the Whalliaru cast, to employ part of their
time in agriculture ; but many persons of casts that ought to be
weavers, are in fact farmers. The Cuttery are more affluent than the
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212
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER paste. It must, however, be dried in the shade, and the colour
v*v- then stands very well; which it would not do, were it dried in
June 22, &c. the sun.
The Puttuegars give their yellow silk to the Niligaru, who dye it
with indigo. It is then washed by the Puttuegars in the infusion of
tamarinds, and afterwards is of a fine green colour; which, if it be
dried in the shade, is tolerably well fixed.
The Niligaj^u dye all the other colours; such as light and dark
blue, sky blue, and purple. The silk is never dyed in the piece.
The red and orange-coloured silks are mostly in demand.
Some weavers called Cuttery, who pretend to be of the Kshatriya
cast, manufacture exactly the same kinds of goods as the Put-
Weavers call
ed Cuttery.
Sale for the
goods made
by the Put-
tuegars and
Cuttery.
Wages of
these silk
weavers.
tuegars.
The whole of the demand for these goods, according to the ac-
count of the manufacturers, is in the country formerly belonging
to Tippoo: Seringapatam, Gubi, Nagara, Chatrahal, and Chiri-r&ya-
pattana, are the principal marts. When the goods are in much
demand, it is customary for the merchant to advance one half, or
even the whole, of the price of the goods which he commissions;
but when the demand is small, the manufacturers borrow money
from the bankers at two per cent, a month, and make goods, which
they sell to the merchants of the place. They never carry them to
the public market. The silk is all imported, in the raw state, by
the merchants of this place. *
The master weavers keep from two to five servants, who are paid
by the piece. Workmen that are employed on cotton cloth with
silk borders make daily about a Fanam, or nearly 8d. Those who
work in cloth consisting of silk entirely make rather less, or from
Ta (6i pence) to •§- (6 pence) of a Fanam, according to the fine-
ness of the work. It is not usual for weavers of any kind in this
country, except those of the Whalliaru cast, to employ part of their
time in agriculture ; but many persons of casts that ought to be
weavers, are in fact farmers. The Cuttery are more affluent than the