185362.] CARNATIC : EIGHT DISTRICTS. 221 



Comorin, and is generally known by the name of the Car- CHAP. 



natic. It comprises eight Districts : viz. (1) Nellore, (2) ! 



Madras, (3) North Arcot, (4) South Arcot, (5) Trichinopoly, 

 (6) Tanjore, (7) Madura, (8) Tinnevelly. 



(1) Nellore s a grazing District. This District pro- 296 

 duces about the same quantity of Cotton as Godavari, 

 and but little more than suffices for its own wants. It is in 



fact a grazing District, and agricultural operations of all letter, nth 

 kinds are carried on very negligently ; the people being more rari. u e - 

 addicted to rearing cattle than to cultivating the land. P- 39 - 



(2) Madras : Native Cotton not grown- In this Dis- 297 

 trict, with the exception of some four acres, no Indigenous 

 Cotton is grown by the Ryots, though some experiments have 

 been made by private individuals in the cultivation of foreign 

 varieties. As regards the Native Cotton, it has been grown Reade , g 

 only by one Ryot ; and Mr. Charles Reade, whilst Acting jj^y 4th 

 Collector, drew up a few questions, in order to ascertain from 186J * 

 the solitary cultivator, what his views and feelings were, 

 particularly in reference to the extension of the cultivation. 



From the Ryot's replies it would seem that he had emigrated 

 from the north of India, where it was customary to cultivate 

 Cotton. Accordingly he brought some seeds with him, and 

 planted them in his village in the Madras District; but he 

 intended the produce, not for sale, but for home consump- 

 tion ; spinning the Cotton into thread, and employing wea- 

 vers to make it into cloths for his own use. The attempt 

 however proved unsuccessful, as the soil was not congenial 

 to the plant ; and on this account he was not willing to ex- 

 tend the cultivation. 



Experiments in Foreign Cotton : XKEr. Shubrick's 298 

 successful cultivation of the Egyptian variety. 



But whilst the soil of the Madras(Ghingleput) District was not 

 adapted to the growth of Indian. Cotton, it has been found 



