264 Account of the Hindu Method 



Loot-sien, true sort, is what really grows in the Loot- 

 sien country. Some tea is planted near Loot-sien that 

 passes for that tea, and that is the case in all the countries. 



Besides the teas before enumerated, many other teas are 

 planted, as in the Honan country, Sec. the quantities they 

 produce cannot be easily ascertained ; but upon the whole, 

 it is reckoned, that in ten parts, not above three are ex- 

 ported. 



In one hundred Chinese, it is reckoned forty only can 

 afford to drink tea; the others drink water only. Manj', 

 when they have boiled their rice, put water into the tatche 

 in which the rice was boiled, to which some grains always 

 adhere ; the water loosens them, and is browned by the 

 rice : that water they drink instead of tea, 



The tea sent into Tartary is mostly green, perhaps in the 

 proportion of seven to two. 



Old bohea is reckoned good by the Chinese ; in a fever 

 ■ they use it to cause perspiration, and put into it a black or 

 coarse sugar, with a little ginger. 



Old hyson, one or two cups made strong, removes ob- 

 structions iri the stomach, caused by over-eating or indi- 

 gestion. It is to be used if a weight is felt some hours after 

 eating, and it will remove it. 



XLIX. A71 Account of the Hindu Method of cultivating 

 the Sugar Cane, and manifacturing the Su^ar nndJagary 

 in the Rajuhmundry District ; interspersed with such Re- 

 marks as tend to point out the great Benefit that might he 

 expected from increasing this Branch of Agriculture, and 

 improving the Quality of the Sugar; also the Process oh- 

 served by the Natives of the Ganjfim District. By Dr. 

 William Roxburgh*. 



JN o pursuit is more pleasing to the benevolent mind than 

 such as tend*; to add a new source of happiness to men. 



Araong3t the natives of India, the transitions from one 

 stage of improvement to another are so exceedingly slow, 

 as scarcely to deserve the name, except it be the few who 

 have benefited by the example of Europeans ; they naturally 

 possess a strong disinclination at departing from the beaten 

 path established from time immemorial : however, when 

 fhey see a certain prospect of gain, with little additional 



* From the Asiatif Amiml Regista- for i8oz. 



trouble, 



