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STATISTICAL SKETCH 



into Chiikris, or -iths, and Anas, or l6ths : it varied in its extent, according to 

 the description of person holding the land, as will be seen in the following 

 detail : 



Jula Thakurali (chiefs,) =rl6 Dhons. 



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Ditto Thani, (principal landholders,") =12 d 



Ditto Kowlia, (padhan mukaddem,) 

 Ditto Chakar, (^tenantry,) .... 

 Ditto Tyargain, Ctemporary cultivators,) 



Ditto Umrai, (courtiers,) , 



Ditto Kotkark], (militia,) 



Ditto Tob, (regular troops,) 



Ditto Kotya, (followers,) «... 



Ditto Topchl, (huntsmen,) , 



Ditto Seuk, (personal servants,) 



= 8 d 

 = 4 d 

 = 16 d 

 = 8 d 

 = 12 d 

 = 10 d 

 = 6 d 

 = 4 d 

 = 4 d 



Ditto Jaghirdar, (rent free to private individuals,) =12 d 



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The implements of hu&bandry are similar to those in use in the plains, 

 and the different operations of ploughing, harrowing, sowing, weeding, reap- 

 ing, &c. are carried on in the same way. The land being first manured, is 

 usually ploughed three times, or oftener, and harrowed previously to being 

 sown : the drill plough is not used. In coarse grains, the harrowing is gene- 

 rally repeated when the plants have sprouted two or three inches above the 

 ground. In the finer grains, at the same period, additional manure is com- 

 monly scattered over the fields, which are then weeded with spuds. During 

 the 7^ebbi crop, the fields, where irrigation is practicable, are usually watered 

 every third or fourth day. A regular routine of crops is pursued ; following 

 the native arrangement. In the first, or kharif crop, rice is sown in April, 

 and reaped in September, the land being immediately re-prepared, receives 

 a crop of wheat, which ripens in April or early in May ; to this succeeds 

 a crop of Mandua, and as the last is not fit for the reap hook before the 



