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intend to rear, which are all jumbled together in a 

 basket s\uns; over the shoulder: the seeds are then 

 covered witli oartli, and left to their fate; when in 

 due time, according to tiieir various natures, the 

 plants spring up, ripen, and are reaped in succes- 

 sion: rice, Indian corn, and the mustard plant, are 

 thus seen in the same field. Of rice they have a 

 great variety, and two or three kinds peculiar to the 

 hills; one of these, the Cherch, is uncommonly fine, 

 and has the peculiar quality of affecting, as a laxative, 

 persons not in the habit of eating it. The other 

 sorts are called Bth, Deengkroo, Roomkee, Scpooee, 

 Bangsoo and Boultch ; but it is not exactly ascer- 

 tained, whether or not these are different species of 

 grain, or the same kind, receiving different names 

 from the season of reaping it. The Beh is reaped iii 

 July, the Cher eh in August, the Deengkroo in Sep- 

 tember, the Roomkee in October, and in November 

 the Sepooee, Bangsoo, and Boulteh. They have an- 

 other small grain, called Ciitchoo, and a variety of 

 beans, as the Karass, Burgiiddee, and Tooraee : the 

 seed of the mustard plant tliey eat, but express no 

 oil from it. Of the gourd and cucumber plants they 

 have several kinds ; and tumeiick, yams, and to- 

 bacco, they cultivate; but the latter they have in 

 small quantity, though very fond of it. 



Ix tlieir forests they have abundance of hone\% 

 but are ignorant of the method of separating it from 

 the wax of the comb. 



Their domestic animals are Gyals, Goats, Hogs, 

 Dogs, and Fozvls, and of these the Gyal is by much 

 the most valued, both on account of its milk, and 

 its flesh. As already mentioned, it is a species of 

 cow, peculiar to these hills, where it is met m its 

 wild state : in shape it resembles the heavy strong 

 make of the wild buffalo, but has much shorter 

 horns ; its colour is brown, acquiring a lighter 

 shade towards the belly, which, as well as the legs, 

 is often white : its milk is nearly as rich as the 

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