270 Agricultural and Land produce of Shoa. [No. 148. 



11. Zea Mais, .. .. Black, very sweet, .. Tikureta. 



12. " Effailash. 



Linum usitatissimum, . . Lint, Tulliah. 



Carthamus tinctoria, .. Safflower, Lorf. 



.. Oil Plant, Noog. 



.. Ditto, Sulleit. 



Musa paradisiaica, .. Banana, Moos. 



Capsicum, . . Red Pepper, Berberri. 



Tameesh. 



Geviega. 



Unkerdad. 



" .. Small beans Affdaugooriz. 



Citrus medica, . . - . Citron, Thuringa. 



Citrus, var Lime, Loomy. 



Cucurbita pepo, Pumkin, Yehburkeel. 



Saccharum officinarum, Larger cane, Shumgool. 



Cucurbita lagenaria, ... Gourd, Khul. 



. . Used instead of Hops, . . Gesho. 



Coffea Arabica, .. .. Coffee, .. Boon. 



Gossypium ? . . . . Cotton, Till. 



53. The sugar cane is planted at any time of the year where 

 water is obtainable, but more particularly in the month of June, be- 

 fore the commencement of the monsoon ; the slips are set in the ground 

 about a foot apart, and are suffered to root and grow up like a bunch 

 of wild seeds. The cane is ripe in the second year, when it is cut over 

 near the ground, and new shoots allowed to spring up from the old 

 stick, which come to maturity after a lapse of two or three seasons. 

 The cane is tall, scraggy, and thin, the joints being closely set to each 

 other, and containing little saccharine juice, owing to the want of 

 skill in cultivation, and to a proper attention to the soil. The cane 

 is used in its natural state, as the manufacture of sugar is entirely 

 unknown in Shoa. It is, however, highly prized, and among the great 

 men, the gift of a very small bundle of sugar-cane is esteemed a great 

 token of love. 



54. Tradition gives to the country of Enarca and Caffa the indi- 

 genous residence of the coffee plant, spread by the Civet cat over 

 the various localities occupied by the Illoo and Aroose Galla ; it 



