58 A narrative of our connexions with [Jan, 



sown with Khoni Dhan, and one of Assoo again. After this the land 

 must remain fallow, until it is completely covered with tree and shrub 

 jungle, which it generally is in 7 or 8 years. 



The chief productions of the hills are cotton, Indian corn, Assoo 

 Dhan, millet, chillies and yams. Cotton may be considered the staple 

 product, and on it they are dependant for the other necessaries of life 

 their hills do not yield. 



Although I made every search during my time for coal, limestone, 

 and iron, I could discover none. In a little stream to the south-east of 

 Bhogamara, I picked up some pieces of potter's clay ; it was white and 

 appeared of a good kind, but I could not discover the vein from which 

 it had been washed. The Mundul of the village however told me that 

 he could shew me any quantity, but I had not time then to accompany 

 him. 



At the foot of the hills, in the direction of the Rungi pass and 

 Lamma Mitur hills, is a forest of Saul timber, which properly belongs 

 to Government, but is at present disputed by the zemindar, and the 

 case cannot be definitely disposed of, until the boundary between the 

 estate of Caloomaloopara and the Dusannee country is laid down. 



The trade with these Garrows is carried on entirely at the hauts of 

 Bengal Kutta and Kajaballa, but I have seen some of the Dusannees 

 trading as low as Pootemaree. Money is but little used amongst them, 

 and the medium of their exchange is cotton, the indigenous production 

 of the hills. In a year of scarcity, when the cotton is insufficient for 

 their demands, they are compelled to extract from their hidden treasures 

 a few " Korahs" or dishes of bell metal, which they sell, or barter for 

 the supplies they require. Every substantial Garrow has generally a 

 supply of these articles, which are considered heir-looms in the family, 

 and are handed down from father to daughter, from generation to 

 generation, and it is only in the event of dire necessity they ever part 

 with them. These dishes vary in size and shape as much as the brass 

 " Sooreahs" of the Bengalees, to which they are not dissimilar, the chief 

 difference being that the rim of the latter is outside and that of the 

 former inside. They are much prized by the Bengalees, and are pur- 

 chased by them with avidity. 



I have never been able satisfactorily to ascertain where these articles 

 are manufactured, and where the Garrows obtain them from. The 



