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bita Citrullus*. ‘There are several species or varieties of the 
melons. 
Wild Fruits.—The wild fruits are twenty-two in number, 
viz. Beebah, Semicarpus anaeardium™; Cher, Chirongia sa- 
pida; Ratambee, Garcinia ¢; Torun, Zizyphus albens ; 
Kurwund, Carissa Carandas and diffusa, both of them excel- 
lent fruits ; Seendee, Phenix Sylvestris, or Elate Sylvestris4 ; 
Jungle Jaeephul, Myristica dactyloides®; Peempree, Ficus 
comosa; Rahbor, Ziz2 syphus Xylopyrus ; Bunkeil; Musa tro- 
glodytar um‘, two varieties; Gooloom, Loranthus bicolor ; 
Lotowl, a genus and species not determined; Ambgoolee, 
Eleagnus , a very nice fruit, tasting like a gree heery, 
Ulloo, Vanqueria spinosa ; Temboornee, “Gardenia, 
Thurtee, Capparis erythrocarpus; Neptee, Capparis aphylla:; 
Wagatee, Capparis Zeylanica; Makur Neembonee, Citrus 
§; Wuhr, Ficus Indica; Loheer, Ficus Fos: 
noble tree, 80 to 100 feet high 
The above comprise the wild fruits of Dukhun; many of 
them are not only passable, but very palatable, particularly 
the Ambgoolee, the Kurwund, and the Char. The Ratambee, 
or wild mangostein, is in extensive use as an acid seasoner, 
and is met with for sale in most markets in a dried state. The 
wild nutmeg is frequently imposed upon the ignorant for the 
real nutmeg. The oil of the Beebah is used for marking 
linen, like indelible ink ; but the kernel roasted is agreeable. 
The wild lime (Citrus) is only met with in the Ghats; it forms a 
handsome dense tree, but the cultivated fruit is so abundant that 
the wild is not made any use of. Many of the above fruit 
trees produce good timber. With respect to the mango, 
which is met with both cultivated and wild, it is considered by 
the people less as a luxury, than as an auxiliary to the neces- 
saries of life, or as a substitute for them in seasons of scarcity; 
for the mango is in fruit, and seldom fails an abundant crop, 
at a time when the earth is parched up by the heats of May 
and beginning of June. 
Agricultural Products.—A brief notice only of the agricul- 
tural products can be given. The harvests are of two distinct 
kinds: one is the Khurreef, or rainy season harvest; the other 
is the Rubee, or dry, or cold, or spring season, harvest. 
Wet Season Harvest.—This harvest produces twenty- 
two kinds of grain and pulse; but the products of the Desh, © 
* Water melon. b The marking nut. ¢ The wild mangostein. 
4 Wild date. e Wild nutmeg. f Wild plantain. 
8 The original apparently of some of the species of Citrus in Dukhun, 
