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double purpose of housing guards. V illagers coliect the fruit in 
bags, baskets and blankets, conveying it to the nearest depot, where 
individual collections are measured and payment made by the con- 
tractor at the rate of six pies per ‘adshiree’; this is a cylindrical 
measure 4} inches in diameter and 104 inches in depth. 
“ Collecting operations continue up to the end of March, most of 
the depét is at once spread out on ground specially prepared ; all 
grass, loose sand and dirt are cleared away, the area being well 
“ A few showers of rain destroy the valuable properties of hirda ; 
to contend against any emergency, therefore, the contractor builds 
fruit has turned into a black powder which is much used for making 
ink ; such fruits, known by the natives as < bhonga ’ hirda, are con- 
sidered worthless for dyeing and tanning purposes, The ridged, or 
valuable dry, hirda is next stored in bags and despatched to 
Europe, a comparatively small quantity being retained for sale in 
this country. Various decoctions prepared from the chebulic 
myrabolam are used as cathartics by natives. 
i “gehen reproduction of Terminalia Chebula is generally 
vigorously. The leaves of the seedling and coppice shoot are 
tomentose, but this character 2 
— pericarp would appear to 
in ot oe hae if this is a fact, then we hia an instance of a 
por at doing good, instead of the usual harm, by removing the 
Ccatp which, in the ridged hirda, seems to be the chief obstacle 
