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rally some difficulty about protecting them from the 

 attacks of vermin. 



Native grain-sellers generally use receptacles (Hind. 

 Kotliee) made of thin bamboo wicker-work plastered 

 over with clay, or with clay and cow-dung. 



If a large quantity of grain has to be stowed away, 

 a granary may be constructed as folio ws : Trace on 

 the ground a circle of about 1 6 feet in diameter, and 

 build on its circumference twelve or thirteen brick 

 pillars, say 18 inches square and 2J feet high, and, at 

 its centre, a circular pillar of the same height, and 

 about 3 feet in diameter. On these pillars construct 

 a boarded floor, and build on it a strong bamboo 

 wicker-work house, 9 or 10 feet high. This is plastered 

 over, a small door is left at the top, and a light thatched 

 roof is put over the whole. A house, such as I have 

 described, would cost, say 25 rupees, and would hold 

 about 25 tons of oats. 



Measures and Weights of Grain. A Bengal mun 

 (Anglice maund) is about 82 Ibs. In England the 

 following measures are used : 



4 quarterns (quarts) ... ... 1 gallon. 



4 gallons ... ... ... 1 bushel. 



8 bushels ... ... ... 1 quarter. 



A quartern or feed of oats weighs about 2| Ibs. 



