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The lower half is rubbed with wet " pill matti," which fills up chinks and 

 rubs off roughness. Patterns are put on the pot whilst tapping and before 

 colouring. 



97. The kiln is thus prepared : Dung cakes are placed in layers at the 

 bottom, and the largest pots arranged in the lowest tier "(tahj " mouth down- 

 wards : pats and fuel (upld or kandd) are placed alternately, the interstices 

 being filled with small pots. The whole is covered with bhusa, dry grass (phiis) 

 and leaves, and plastered over with clay. A hole is left right down the kiln 

 for lighting and draught. The kiln burns two days. 



98. The expenses are as follows: whilst the wheel is at work a second 

 man is absolutely necessary to bring earth, carry off the pots, &c. For a kiln 

 for 100 pots of sizesone rupee's worth of fuel cakes are required ; this expense may 

 be saved by the lads of the family collecting (arrtd kandd) droppings from 

 cattle out grazing. Out of every 100 pots, fifteen will probably be failurea 

 (chhijna?) 



99. The value of 100 pots of sizes is about Re. 1-11-6, 



100. One informant stated that his family consisted of himself, two 

 women, and one child. He could make 1 ,100 pots in ten days, worth Bs. 7-6-3, 

 meanwhile collecting fuel or purchasing what was required. The pots would 

 weigh nearly 37 maunds. For thirty pots of sizes (16 matkas, 8 gharas, 

 6 Mndis) he would get in the year five seers from the grain heap each harvest and 

 four chapatis (one at Asdrh sudi Puranmdshi, one at Sdwan sudi Panchmi, one 

 at Diwdli) one at the Holi), but from high castes he would get besides five "dabi" 

 weighing two seers at rabi harvest, and heads of jivdr or bdjra weighing one 

 seer at kharif harvest. For the privilege of collecting fuel the potter gives the 

 zamindar as many pots as he wishes in the year. 



101. The following are the pots usually made in order of size and value : - 

 Dakar, for storing grain ... ... ,,. ... 2 annas. 



fiand, for steeping ,.. ... ... .,. 1 anna. 



Matkd, for water and pickles (holds two gharas") ... ... 3 pies. 



Ghara, for water ... ... ... ... 1J pie. 



Hdndi, for milk, curds, gld, cooking, &c. ... ... \\ 



Karua, for drinking and votive offerings (has a spout) ... pice, 



J)abkena, for drinking ... ... ... ... 2 annas per 100. 



Kunda, flat platter, for kneading in ... ... ... 3 pies. 



Eikdbi, plate or saucer ... ... , ... 2 annas per 100. 



Diy&, lamp ... ... ,.. ... ... 2 



AaZ, water-pipe ... >.. ... .,. ... 3 pies. 



Parndla, waterspout ... ... ... ... 3 



102. This useful member of village society is employed by the cultiva- 



The grain parch- tors in several ways. First asparcher of grain. For this he 

 cr, Bhurji or Bhar- ,.,,,. ,,. , . ,, . , ,, 



builds nis oven (bhar) thus : m a strong room he digs a 



