AND ITS USES. 2£ 



separate the seeds, and free them from the remains 

 of the pulpy matter. The husbandman, who culti- 

 vates this plant, generally takes care to have on his 

 ground a sufficient number of trees for seed. If he 

 is unprovided with those, he may purchase the seed, 

 immediately after it is prepared, for four or five rupees 

 the mun ; but if he neglects to purchase till the season 

 of sowing arrives, he may be obliged to pay at the 

 rate of two seers per rupee. 



In the ground on which Aal has grown, they sow 

 wheat, or other grain, for five or six years ; and, it is 

 observed, that the grain sown on this ground thrives 

 remarkably : and while the trees left for seed con- 

 tinue small, grain of any kind may be sown in their 

 interstices; but Aal would not thrive there. 



The cxpence to the cultivator varies considerably 

 in different villages. In one, where the plant is cul- 

 tivated to considerable extent *, the pateil, or zemin- 

 dar, gave me the following account of the expence 

 attending the cultivation of one beegalu 



To the Collector of the District Rs. 10 

 To the Pateil, ... i 



To Writers, &c. Servants of the Pateil, o 10 

 To digging up the Root* 15 



Total, 26 10 



Now supposing, agreeably to the foregoing ac- 



* Kbelana, j\ miles from Oujcin. 



f For digging ?. space 16 cubits long, and 3-' cubits bread, the 

 labourers are paia \\ pice, at fifty to the rupee. 



count, 



