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devised, as the drynefs of some seasons does not even af- 
ford a sufficient supply of rice. 
It is therefore necefsary for the villages to be ialilged 
in laying out the dry ground near them in inclosures, where 
they might cultivate yams, potatoes, melons, pompions, 
beans, Gc. and fruit trees for their own use without de- 
duction. y 
This would enable them to employ the slaves and low- 
er clafses throughout the year, in a healthy and robust 
state, for the culture of the great crop, and advantage of 
the revenue. 
I would recommend that villages be marked out in those 
parts of the Jaguhire that remain unoccupied since the late 
war, where the native pensioners may be permitted to set- 
tle at pleasure, exempt from all taxation, for at least ten 
years to come; and in the home farms, of like deserted de- 
scription, the Wotters, who do all the heavy work of re- 
moving earth, may be permitted to settle with great ad- 
vantage to Madras. 
It gives me much satisfaction to observe the directors 
corresponding on the article of indigo, with men of such 
adequate information as the lords committee of the privy 
council for trade, as publifhed in October last by the ho- 
nourable the governor general, and request you will trans- 
mit the honourable court a small box filled with the white 
covering of insects, mentioned in my last letter,’ which I 
now find to be the covering of an insect similar to the lac 
insect described by Mr Keir of Patna. 
From the same to the same. 
Hon. Sir anv Sirs, Dec. 18- ay: 
Tue people I employ here have at last transplanted 
healthy young trees of the diospyros ebenum, from the 
mountains near Tripati, into the garden at the nopalry, the 
