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the clumps become large, the fruit is small, and the 

 bunches contain a smaller number of fruit. 



The Cytisus Cajan is frequently sowed round fields 

 of sugar-canes, egg-plant, and other things : this, 

 while it makes a slight and well looking fence, is 

 also a source of profit to the cultivator. 



At present the poverty, prejudices, and indolence 

 of the natives strongly operate against improve- 

 ments in agriculture. Could an adequate remedy be 

 found for these evils, many other things might be 

 cultivated with great advantage. Hemp would flou- 

 rish in many spots; cotton, scarcely cultivated at all 

 in the district, might be cultivated to a large extent; 

 if proper methods were taken to introduce the best 

 kinds, the culture of wheat and barley might occupy 

 many thousands of Bighas, which now lie in an un- 

 cultivated state.* The culture of some species of 

 Hibiscus-\ would be profitable, and furnish one of the 

 most durable fibres for cordage, and, perhaps for 

 coarse cloths. 



The cultivation of timber has hitherto, I believe, 

 been wholly neglected : several sorts might be plant- 

 ed all over this district, and indeed all over Bengal, 

 and would soon furnish a very large share of the tim» 

 ber used in the country. The Sisu,J the Andaman 

 red-wood,(j the Jaca-tree,§ the Teak,^ the Mahoga- 



* I have not observed that any of the smaller grains, such as Pas- 

 pahim, Holcus, &c. are cultivated in this district : they would un- 

 doubtedly prosper in many situations. 



t Particularly H. cannabinus, H. surattensis, and H. strictus. 



X Dalbergia Sissoo. || Pterocarpus Dalbergius, 



S Artocarpus integrifolius. ij Tectona grandis, 



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