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COTTON CULTIVATION. 



Chap. III. 



"tonje manga," or foreign cotton, the name showing that 

 it has been introduced, is of excellent quality, and con- 

 sidered at Manchester to be nearly equal to the best New 

 Orleans. It is perennial, but requires replanting once in 

 three years. A considerable amount of this variety is 

 grown in the Upper and Lower Shire valleys. Every 

 family of any importance owns a cotton patch which, from 

 the entire absence of weeds, seemed to be carefully culti- 

 vated. Most were small, none seen on this journey ex- 

 ceeding half an acre ; but on the former trip some were 

 observed of more than twice that size. 



The " tonje cadja," or indigenous cotton, is of shorter 

 staple, and feels in the hand like wool. This kind has to 



Native web. and Weaver smoking the huge tobacco-pipe of the country. 



be planted every season in the highlands ; yet, because it 

 makes stronger cloth, many of the people prefer it to the 



