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44th. Mandua called here Murai (Eluesine corocana) is cultivated 

 near and in the hills. 



45th. I have not observed either the Sawank (Panicum frumenta- 

 ceum), or Kutti (Dolichos uniflorus), cultivated in this district. But 

 the wild Sawank (Panicum colonum) entirely covers the fallow Mar 

 ground (reserved for wheat when there has been enough rain ; in dry 

 seasons as 1848, there is none), and in September or October crowds 

 of the poorer classes may be seen sweeping the surface of the grass 

 with a sort of basket to collect the small grain which easily falls out. 

 In tanks where wild rice grows the grain is collected in a similar 

 manner. 



Uabbi crops. 46th. The principal crops are wheat, gram (Cicer 

 arietinum), and channa or Rubela, which are sown both alone and mixed 

 from the middle of October to December, according to the termination 

 of rains. They are always sown in drill. The crops are very fine in 

 the Mar and Kabur lands but liable to injury from heavy rains flooding 

 them in the early part of the season and still more from rust, the almost 

 certain consequence of rain in February. 



47th. Barley is also considerably sown, generally mixed with gram 

 especially in the Southern Pergannahs. 



48th. Masiir, Ervum lens, is also rare and principally in the above 

 named Pergannahs. 



49th. The oil seeds Sarsiin, Rai, are very partially cultivated, 

 mostly in the Kachar land, and sown in lines among wheat. Lahi 

 (Eruca sativa) is similarly cultivated especially in the Pergannahs near 

 the hills and in Segon and Kabur. 



50th. Tobacco is sparingly cultivated in the fields adjoining vil- 

 lages capable of little irrigation ; it is of a very coarse quality. A 

 small quantity of vegetables are grown in similar situations. The 

 Brinjal, here called (Bhanta), is also grown on the sides of ravines and 

 Nullahs. Melons, Kakri (Cucumis utilissimus), and water-melons are 

 grown in the sands of the Ken and Jumna, sown in January and Fe- 

 bruary, and yielding fruit from March till the rise of the river washes 

 them away. 



51 st. The castor oil plant, Ricinus vulgaris, is extensively grown in 

 the Tarri lands along all the rivers, and the oil is expressed and sold 

 at 10 seers per rupee, and under its shade I have occasionally observ- 

 ed Turmeric grown. 



