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are unknown to the common people. In fact, however, the 
measure of length originates in the well-known Haht or cubit, 
determined by the mean length of five men’s arms, measured 
from the elbow-joint to the end of the middle finger: the Haht 
or cubit so determined, is a little more than 18 inches in length ; 
this is divided into 2 Weets or spans, into 6 Mooshtees or fists, 
and each fist into 4 Bohts or fingers, and the latter into 8 
barleycorns each. Tailors and sellers of cloth use a Guy, 
which is divided into 16 Ghirra, each of 14 Tussoo, each. Tussoo 
of 2 Bohis, and as each Boh is equal to a fraction more than 
_ # of an inch, the Gu would be a little more than an English 
_ yard, 
_ Superficial Measure.—The only land measure of any exact 
_ and appreciable extent is the Beegah, which is of Moosul- 
- man derivation, but by some referred to the Sanscrit word 
Weegruhuh, although this word is not applied to land measure- 
ments ; and as all genuine Mahratta terms applied to the ca- 
_ pacity, extent, or capabilities of land, are not referrible to the 
_ beegah or its multiples, I must consider the Beegah of Moosul- 
man introduction. Like itinerary measures, it is raised from 
the Haft or cubit of a fraction more than 18 inches in length ; 
5 Hahts and 5 Mooshtees (fists or palms) make 1 Kattee or 
stick, 20 square Kattees or sticks make 1 Paand, and 20 
_Paands a Beegah; reduced to English measurements, the 5 
_Hahts and 5 Mooshtees will be equal to 105 inches in length, 
and the square of this sum will be 11,025 inches in a square 
Katiee or stick, and 20 Kattees a Paand equal to 220,500 
‘inches, and 20 Paands a Beegah or 4,410,000 square inches ; 
_ and as the English statute acre contains 43,560 square feet, the 
| Beegah is to the acre as 703 is to 100, or as 211 to 300, being a 
| trifle more than seven-tenths of an acre. But as the Haht or 
| cubit is a fraction more than 18 inches, the Beegah may fairly 
_ be considered equal to three-fourths of an acre: but I very much 
| doubt whether any other than garden lands were actually mea- 
sured by the Moosulmans ; and in converting the Hindoo terms 
| Kundee, Mun, Doree, and fifty other denominations, into Bee- 
 gahs, it was done by estimate; and this explanation will account 
for the variable size of the Beegah in different parts of the 
| country, which the British survey has discovered. The only 
multiples of the Beegah, to my knowledge, are the Rookeh of 
6 Beegahs or 44 acres, and the Chahoor of 120 Beegahs or 90 
acres: these terms are of Moosulman origin. 
Adverting to the past and present state of the knowledge of 
tive governments in politics, political economy and science, 
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