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next point to be considered is, the most expeditious way of accomplish- 

 ing this highly important national object. As the cultivators, I am of 

 opinion, will not engage on any other terms, before they have practical 

 proof that a beegah of the American will yield as much profit to them, 

 as their indigenous cotton : the most eligible plan appears to be, to 

 employ the landholders and ryuts to cultivate, as they did in the pre- 

 sent year, by contracting at so much a beegah. If the Cotton Associa- 

 tion, which has been established in England, will consent to undertake 

 the risk, and come forward with the means, I am inclined to believe, 

 that, in two or three years, a cultivation to almost any extent may be 

 secured for the Association, through the agency of Captain Bayles, and 

 other fit persons. 



Humeerpore, \^th October, 1841, 



Letter to the Editor, on Lichens in the Himalayas^ from Henry 

 Cope, Esq. 



T regret much to say, that in consequence of my having been obliged 

 to leave Mussooree for this place some days since, the rich harvest 

 I had promised myself, on the investigation of the Lichens, suggested by 

 you, has been interrupted, and I have been enabled to do much 

 less than I had promised myself; especially as regards the investigation 

 of the Botanical characters of the plants in question, — an almost 

 untrodden path, and therefore the more deserving of exploration, especi- 

 ally with the possible results likely to accrue to the arts before me. 



I have now the honour to inform you, that I dispatched, previous 

 to my leaving Mussooree, small parcels of seven kinds of tree Lichens ; 

 which, if found useful, are likely, from the respective quantity of 

 each, to become objects of commerce. They are two species of Bor- 

 HERA or EvERNiA, onc of them that is commonly in use amongst the 

 natives as a dye, and named by Dr. Royle, B» Ashneh, one species of 

 UsNEA, one species of Parnclia, three of Ramalina, and a small 

 quantity of a species of Cladonia. I have been very particular in sepa- 



