Sir Thomas Wardle's 1904 account of the introduction and growth of the silk industry (sericiculture) in Kashmir, drawing on his correspondence with the India Office, conference proceedings, and reports from visits to France, Italy and Kashmir. It covers egg purchase, cocoon rearing, filature construction, cocoon reeling, silk quality, state versus private enterprise, and a proposal to introduce silk weaving in Kashmir. Later chapters cover Kashmir geology, fossils, ornithology, big-game sport, and a 1885-6 tour of the Bengal silk districts, including Tussur silk reeling and a tiger hunt. Illustrated with about 45 plates of scenery, filatures, fossils, and local life.