Picking. 



gharas of water per row are given, and one man can only water five rows 

 in the day. Meanwhile plants of the pumpkin kind are grown over the frame- 

 work to keep the interior cool, and the betel vines are trained up the light sup- 

 ports prepared for them. In Sdwan, Bhddon, and Kicdr the plants are manured 

 with a mixture of flour (kanak) and oilcake. This costs 10 annas per row. 



" Jeth Dasera," the oldest member of the family, goes to the mid- 

 dle of the "bhib" worships the " Veota" with a burnt 

 offering of ghi and gur, and picks a dholi (200 leaves), 

 which he distributes to his friends, from whom he receives presents (only the 

 inferior leaves, however, are picked till Kwdr Dasera) ; after which the plant 

 is pulled every fortnight as long as there is any left ; five rows being left for 

 seedlings, which are never touched except near the ground to keep them clean. 

 Pan leaf is used for chewing mixed with cMna (lime), katthd (catechu), 

 supidri (areca or betelnut), ilaichi (cardamoms) and to- 

 bacco, rolled up in the leaf (bird or gilauri), which is 

 fastened by a clove or piece of supidri, and sometimes adorned with gold and 

 silver paper. It is an excellent stomachic, bangla being much in favour in 

 the cold weather, but desdwari is the kind most in request for festivals, &c. 



Price. The price varies according to age, thus : 



K<i/ter from Kwar to 1'us, per dholi 2 annas ; from Mdgh to Cheit 3 annas. 

 Desdwari to ,. l\ .. ditto 2 



<ip&ri to 1 ditto 1} 



Banyla to >i ditto 3 



Sometimes in Aghan as high as eight rupees per leso is reached. Pdn is 

 often kept for a long time ; old pdn sells better than new, as high as eight leaves 

 per pice. 



I give facts as ascertained by me from two informants : 

 Cost of production , one acre. 



Uses. 



