WO], DUT. Wolna, Seherst, . Ens.
Laine, FR Lena, . . . . SANSK.
Wolk, GER 00, Woo, . . . SCOTCH.
Oonn, . . GUJ., HIND. Ull, SW Lana, . • . IT., LAT., SP. I Bochu, TEL Bulu, . . . . MALAY.
Wool is largely imported into India, and quan tities of the imports as well as tire'lleece of Indian sheep are exported, but while the former are in creasing in quantity and value, the exports are falling off.
Imported— Lbs. Rs. Exported— Lbs. Rs.
1874-75, . 1,542,767 4,27,717 1874-75, 21,290,782 95,90,009 1876-77, . 2,145,584 5,32,116 15376-77, 24,056,767 1,07,73,720 1379-80, . 3,564,939 8,72,7'29 1379-80, 26,368,794 1,09,50,723 1880.81, . 2,775,554 7,23,434 ISSO-81, 22,602,690 1,01,41,371 1882-83, . 2,781,257 6,89,313 1882.83, 21,561,079 79,03,963 The table-laud of the Peninsula, commencing with tho Neilgherries, and proceeding along Mysore to the Dekhan, Kandesh, and Gujerat, presents large tracts of country - affording a favourable climate and abundant pasture,' for numerous flocks of sheep. If from thence we proceed in a north-east direction, passing Haar, Malwa, Itajputana, to the district of Hurriana and the province of Dehli, we shall see, supported on the natural pastures of the country, immense 'tads of cattle, and numerous flocks of sheep, the latter affording wool utilized by tho natives for niaking blankets (kumlee or cumblee) of different degrees of fineness, which form s. considerable article of the commerce of these provinces, and ono is possessed by every labourer and artisan. Again, the Himalaya, on their southern face, present a European - like climate, remarkable, however, for being influenced by the periodical rams. The temperature varies according to the elevation ; but they afford everywhere rich pas tures, and supporta fine breed of sheep, of which the wool Is employed by the mountaineers to form their clothing. The northern face of these mountains is as remarkable for its dryness as the southern is for its moisture ; the cold is excessive, and the animals which are pastured there are covered with shaggy hair or with long wool, and a fine down. It is here that the shawl-wool goat finds its most congenial climate.
. Sir A. Burnes says,--(1) The wool of Turkestan is obtained chiefly in the neighbourhood of Bokhara and Samarcand, and is more celebrated than that of Kabul. This is sent to Amritsar in tho Panjab, where it is used to mix with the shawl-wool of Tibet in making what are called Kashmir shawls. It is the produce of the goat of Bokhara, and not of the sheep of Turkestan, and is called 'put,' in contradistinction to 'pashm,' which is used to express the fleece of the sheep. (2) The wool or put of the goat of Kabul WAS not then exported, being entirely consumed in the native manufac tures. It is procured from goats, and chiefly from the hill country of the Hazara to the west of Kabul, and between that city and Herat, which has an elevation of about 6000 or 8000 feet above the level of the sea. (3) The countless flocks of fat-tailed sheep in Kabul produce an abundance of wool. The fleece is of a glossy white colour, and is in Kabul called pashm-i-burrak,' and the fabrics prepared from it burrak,' in contradis tinction to puttu.' It sold at from 2 to 2f Kabul rupees tho seer, or sixteen pounds. It is brought in from all directions for sale in Kabul ; and Sir A. Burnes states that he • can scarcely put a limit to the supply, since the extent of pas ture land in those countries is not overrated at four-fifths of the whole surface of the country, and a, very large portion of the population, such as the Lohani and Ghilji, aro shepherds, who remove from pasture to pasture, and rear their flocks with great care and attention. Nature, however, does as much as the people ; for aro matic plants, in which sheep delight, are exceed ingly abundant, and it is universally beheved that they have considerable effect on tho quality of the wool.' Wool obtained from the fat-tailed variety of sheep is used in the manufacture of cloths. and carpets, and is also exported to India. It is of :wide distribution ; the sheep abound at Peshawur, Kahul. Kandahar. Herat. and other 'places. Kelat and the aurrounding country produces sheep's wool in great abundance. This sheep is appar ently indigenous slso to the Salt flange.