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flu* ranges, ;Mi(l tiii;i.ll\ the pliiiiis ot' \'an;u|. Tlic plain rinniin;; in 

 from the coast towards the Dora ran^ci is tlu^ most extensive, and is 

 often twenty and (^\ en tliirly miles hroad, intei-s))ersed occasion ally 

 with detached hills, ("lose to the sea-beach is a hiij;h hank of sand, 

 whicli extends tVom the westein end of the Province to the etitrance 

 of the Gulf of Cutoh, and is called by the natives " Chitri,." For the 

 rest, the general a])pearance of Cutch which is arid and sandy in the 

 extreme, is very often diversified in the neighbourhood of its towns 

 and villages by patches of cultivation. Of gi-ains the following are 

 cultivated in Cutch : Pennisetnm ti/phoideu)}i, Rich. (Bajri or com- 

 mon Millet). It forms (me of the staple crops and when sown in 

 middling soils it grows best where the land is slightly salt. Though 

 o-enerally grown by itself, it is also sown with Phaseohm mungo, L. 

 (Mag.) and Phaseolus aconit if alius, Jacc]. (Korad) in Abdasa and 

 Vagad. On the whole it flourishes best as a garden crop. Andro- 

 pogon sorghum, Brote. (.luvar or Great Millet) does best on deeply 

 cultivated rich clay and is rarely watered. Five chief varieties are 

 grown in Cutch : Juvai' and Puchar, sown in June or July soon after 

 Millet and Cotton ; Gundali, sown before the beginning of the cold 

 weather or towards the end of August : Chastio, sown about the end 

 of February and grown by irrigation ; Eatad, sown in July and 

 August as a dry crop, or in the hot season as a watered crop. Tri- 

 ticum rulgare, Vill. (Wheat) is chiefly irrigated. Only in some 

 parts of Vagad that are liable to flooding, unwatered wheat is 

 grown. It generally ripens in February. Hordeum vulgare, L. var, 

 hexastichon, Aitchis. (Jav or Barley) is grown by irrigation and 

 reaped in January. In the south alluvial plain and in the plain north- 

 west of Bhuj about Dhinodhar they grow small quantities of 

 Eleusine coracana; Gaertn. (Nagli) and Panicum cms-galli, L. car. 

 frmnentacevm (Banti) as , cold weather crops. Panici/m miliaceum, 

 L. is rare. Saccharum ofjicinariini, L. (Sugar cane) may be men- 

 tioned in this place on account of its position in the natural system 

 of classification. It is grown in small quantities, especially in 

 Central C'utch to the north-west, south-east and south-west of Bhuj, 

 and about Anjar and Mundra. The Pulses are not well represented. 

 In the most sandy parts we find Fhaseolits aeon it if alius, Jacq. (Karad). 

 It is mostly sown by itself, but sometimes mixed with Ci/aniopsis 

 psoralioide.s, DC. f(Jnvai) wliich grows best in sandy loam. Th<^ same 



