. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. nsequence of the introduction of foreigncotton goods, which have superseded the native manufactures as clothingfor the generality of the people. The chief silk districts are in Bengal, butthe silk is inferior to that of China, where more care is bestowed on its cul-ture. It is sold in cocoons by the farmers to the agents of the East IndiaCompany, who have large factories for reeling it on the simple Italian prin-ciple. In the neighborhood of Ghazepore, a British station on the Ganges, ros
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. nsequence of the introduction of foreigncotton goods, which have superseded the native manufactures as clothingfor the generality of the people. The chief silk districts are in Bengal, butthe silk is inferior to that of China, where more care is bestowed on its cul-ture. It is sold in cocoons by the farmers to the agents of the East IndiaCompany, who have large factories for reeling it on the simple Italian prin-ciple. In the neighborhood of Ghazepore, a British station on the Ganges, rosesare cultivated for the purpose of being made into rosewater, and the perfumecommonly known by the name of otto (or more correctly, attar) of roses. Oil is used in India for many purposes, and is expressed from differentkinds of seeds, by a mill of simple construction, which is kept in motion by ARTS AND CUSTOMS. 681 an ox, which is harnessed to it; the seed, or other material, is placed in akind of a trough or hopper in the centre, from which the oil is drawn offthrough a small aperture in the Indian Oil-Mill. The progress of publication in India, within the last thirty years, has beenvery considerable. In 1814, there was only one newspaper, which wasprinted at Calcutta, and called the Calcutta Gazette; whereas there are nowdaily and weekly papers printed at ever)- large British station, besides a greatnumber of magazines and other periodicals, in both the English and nativelanguages; and many of the printing offices are managed entirely by natives. In some of the towns of India, particularly in Cabul, the ladies ride onhorseback in the streets, wrapped in a thick white veil; and as they sit ontheir horses in the same fashion as gentlemen, they always wear a hugepair of white cotton-boots for riding.
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