28. The poorer classes of agriculturists, when not engaged in field labour, frequently 

 supplement their income by collecting and selling grass, bamboo, fuel, and other produce at 

 the neighbouring towns or large villages. 



29. For several months in the year the aboriginal population subsist almost entirely on 

 edible forest products, and in the case of the mahua flower, the crop gathered at the beginning 

 of the hot weather frequently forms their staple food till the early kharif crops are cut. 



CHAPTER II COMPOSITION AND CONDITION OF THE FORESTS. 

 ARTICLE 1. Distribution and Area. 



30. The forests are, with a few exceptions, confined chiefly to the southern and eastern 

 portions of the Division. The blocks, as a rule, are neither compact nor extensive. Being thus 

 generally small and numerous, their distribution will be best understood by referring to the 

 index trace on the scale of 1 inch = 4 miles. The blocks are numbered serially, one series 

 being adopted for the whole Division. 



31. A list of blocks of A class Forest (see para. 38 below for the meaning of this term), 

 arranged according to ranges and sub-ranges, is given below. The serial numbers are serial 

 for the whole Division. The areas of Forest villages, although included in A class Forest, are 

 excluded from this statement and are, for the sake of convenience, given separately in para. 

 33 below : 



