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Page 42 - It requires little bodily exertion, of which he is always exceedingly sparing ; and the finer the production, the more slender the force which he is called upon to apply. But this is not all. The weak and delicate frame of the Hindu is accompanied with an acuteness of external sense, particularly of touch, which is altogether unrivalled ; and the flexibility of his fingers is equally remarkable.
Page 40 - There is made at Seconge (in the province of Malwa) ' a sort of calicut so fine that when a man puts it on, his skin shall appear as plainly through it as if he was quite naked ; but the merchants are not permitted to transport it, for the governor is obliged to send it all to the Great Mogul's seraglio and the principal lords of the court, to make the sultanesses and noblemen's wives shifts and garments for the hot weather ; and the king and the lords take great pleasure to behold them in these...
Page 23 - The four southernmost States make a great deal of cotton. Their poor are almost entirely clothed in it in winter and summer. In winter they wear shirts of it, and outer clothing of cotton and wool mixed. In summer their shirts are linen, but the outer clothing cotton. The dress of the women is almost entirely of cotton manufactured by themselves, except the richer class, and even many of these wear a good deal of home-spun cotton. It is as well manufactured as the calicoes of Europe.
Page 41 - On the coast of Coromandel," said Orme,* " and in the province of Bengal, when at some distance from a high road or principal town, it is difficult to find a village in which every man, woman, and child is not employed in making a piece of cloth. At present," he continues, " much the greatest part of whole provinces are employed in this single manufacture.
Page 22 - Province adopted, unanimously, a plan for the encouragement of arts 'and manufactures, including resolutions of nonimportation, and, " that all persons having proper land ought to cultivate and raise a quantity of flax, hemp, and Cotton, sufficient not only for the use of his own family, but to spare to others on moderate terms.
Page 40 - They possess, likewise, a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep. Of this the Indians make their clothes.
Page 23 - I expect to plant from fifty to one hundred acres. ..... The lands in the southern part of this State are admirably adapted to the raising of this commodity. The climate is so mild so far to the South, scarce any winter is felt, and — another grand advantage — whites can le employed. The labor is not severe attending it, not more than raising Indian corn.
Page 44 - Whether (he wrote) the question be regarded as it affects the consumer, the producer, or the revenue, I am of opinion that the interests of India imperatively require the timely removal of a tax which is at once wrong in principle, injurious in its practical effect, and self-destructive in its operation.
Page 41 - Orme, in his Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, says, " On the coast of Coromandel and in the province of Bengal, when at some distance from the high road or a principal town, it is difficult to find a village in which every man, woman, and child, is not employed in making a piece of cloth. At present, much the greatest part of the whole provinces are employed in this single manufacture.
Page 56 - Silver ploughshares and tires of solid silver for cart-wheels made their appearance here and there; fancy prices were paid for bullocks of a favourite colour, or possessing some peculiarity of tail; and enormous sums were squandered away on marriage ceremonies.