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or open country, are different from those of the Mawuls, 
or hilly tracts along the Ghats. The following are the pro- 
ducts of the monsoon crop in the Desh: Jondla, Andropogon 
Sorghum, and of these there are many varieties ; Sujgoora, 
Panicum spicatum; Rahleh, Panicum Italicum; Bhadlee, 
Paspalum pilosum ; Kodroo, Paspalum frumentaceum; Mukka, 
Zea Mays*; Moog, Phaseolus Mungo; Ooreed, Phaseolus 
radiatus; Tooree, Cytisus cajan; Muht, Phaseolus aconiti- 
folius ; Teel, Sesamum orientale, two kinds; Ambaree, Hi- 
biseus Cannabinus ; Oolgeea, Dolichos bifloris ; Waal, Doli- 
chos spicatus ; Rajgeerah, Amaranthus oleraceus candidus ; 
Chuwluya, Dolichos catiang ; and Gowarya, Dolichos fabe- 
Jormis: there are thus seventeen products of the monsoon 
harvest of the Desh. The first six are bread grains, and are 
reduced to flour; Teel and Rajgeerah are eaten unground; 
Ambaree is a cordage plant, the rest are pulse, and are cooked 
in a variety of ways. Tooree is the universal substitute for 
the split pea of Europe; it is much more agreeable than the 
pea, and is more commonly used. 
The produce of the rainy season harvest in the hilly tracts 
is Dhan, Oryza sativa», seventeen or eighteen kinds; Natch- 
nee, Eleusine coracana, or Cynosurus coracanus ; Sawa, Pa- 
nicum miliaceum; Wuree, Panicum miliare; and, finally, 
Karleh, Verbesina sativa. All these require a superabun- 
dance of water. The rice, which is the chief support of the 
people of the hilly tracts, is sown in the valleys, because it can 
_ be constantly flooded. Karleh is an oil plant only ; the others 
are sown on the sides of the mountains, in places inaccessible 
_ tothe plough. They are either used whole, or are reduced to 
_ flour for bread. Rice is never reduced to flour. 
_ It is not to be understood, that the above products, as 
_ separated into those of the hilly tracts and Desh, are rigidly 
_ confined to those tracts; where the physical circumstances 
permit of it, they are indiscriminately cultivated in both tracts. 
__ Phe returns of some of the above plants are prodigiously great. 
I have seen a plant of Paspalum frumentaceum with twenty 
peeks radiating from a common root, and with thirty-three 
_ Spikes of grain, giving the astonishing return of 61,380 for 1; 
_ asingle head of Andropogon Sorghum gave 2895 for 1; eight 
stalks of Panicum spicatum from a single root 16,960 for |; 
and a single head of-Panicum Italicum produced 1850 for 1!! 
_ Dry or Spring Season Harvest.—The next harvest is that 
eof the Rubee, or dry or spring season of the Desh. In this 
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