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The attempt of the Dutch to introduce the true silkworm, the Bombyx mori, took place under the governorship; of Ryklof Van Goens, who, on handing over the administration to his successor in A.D. 1663, thus apprises him of the initiation of the experiment: "At Jaffna Palace a trial has been undertaken to feed silkworms, and to ascertain whether silk may be reared at that station.
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