AGRICULTURE IN SIKHIM. 



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Fibres. — Cotton is grown in small quantities in the lower valleys. 

 (See "Statistical Account of Bengal," vol. X, page 96.) Jute is not 

 grown in Sikhim. 



Wild fibres. — The natives employ the large nettle (so-i-is) for making 

 cloth, which is said to be very durable. 



Zand measurement. — The land is usually measured for cultivation 

 by the number of pattis of seed that can be sown in it. Amongst the 

 Paharias the rent recoverable is calculated by the number of pattis 

 sown. See Statistical Account of Bengal, vol. X, page 99, from " In 

 the hills " to " a small field of 1^ bighas." 



