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distinguished as of "two qualities," being a mixture 

 of rich clay and sand, and which Mr. Touchet 

 believed to be known in England as a light brick- 

 mould. About Rungpore, Dinajpore, and other 

 low -lying places, the beds, where the cane is to be 

 planted, are raised four or five feet above the level 

 of the adjacent land. 



The experience of Dr. Roxburgh agrees with 

 the preceding statements. He says " The soil 

 that suits the cane best in this climate is a rich 

 vegetable earth which, on exposure to the air, 

 readily crumbles down into very fine mould. It 

 is also necessary for it to be of such a level as 

 allows of its being watered from the river by simply 

 damming it up (which almost the whole of the 

 land adjoining to this river, the Godavery, admits 

 of), and yet so high as to be easily drained during 

 heavy rains. Such a soil, and in such a situation, 

 having been well meliorated by various crops of 

 leguminous plants, or fallowing, for two or three 

 years, is slightly manured, or has had for some time 

 cattle pent upon it. A favorite manure for the 

 cane with the Hindu farmer is the rotten straw 

 of green and black pessalo (phaseolus mungo max).' 1 



Many concurring opinions might be added to the 

 preceding, but it is only necessary to observe 

 further that " the sugarcane requires a soil 

 sufficiently elevated to be entirely free from inun- 

 dation, but not so high as to be deprived of 



