1853-62.] CARNATIC : EIGHT DISTRICTS. 



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with the merchants to point out the kind of Cotton 

 that is required, and to make arrangements for the 

 more speedy and effectual cleaning and packing of the 

 crop. 



2nd, Eastern plain of the Carnatic : eight Districts. 295 



— This territory, lying between the Eastern Grhauts and 

 the Bay of Bengal, extends from the Northern Circars 

 to Cape Comorin, and is generally known by the name 

 of the Carnatic. It comprises eight districts : viz. — 

 (1) JSTellore, (2) Madras, (3) North Arcot, (4) South 

 Arcot, (5) Trichinopoly, (6) Tanjore, (7) Madura, (8) 

 Tinnevelly. 



(1) Nellore : a grazing District. — This district pro- 296 

 duces about the same quantity of Cotton as Godavari, 

 and but little more than suffices for its own wants. It 



is in fact a grazing district, and agricultural Mr g m i t h> s 

 operations of all kinds are carried on very letter, 10th 

 negligently ; the people being more addicted ^Ji. Return 

 to rearing cattle than to cultivating the (i857),p.89. 

 land. 



(2) Madras: Native Cotton not grown. — In this 297 

 district, with the exception of some four acres, no 

 Indigenous Cotton is grown by the Kyots, though some 

 experiments have been made by private individuals in 

 the cultivation of foreign varieties. As regards the 

 Native Cotton, it has been grown only by ^ r Reade's 



one Eyot ; and Mr. Charles Eeade, whilst j^ er ^S th 

 Acting Collector, drew up a few questions, an " 

 in order to ascertain from the solitary cultivator, what 

 his views and feelings were, particularly in reference to 

 the extension of the cultivation. From the Ryot's re- 

 plies it would seem that he had emigrated from the 

 north of India, where it was customary to cultivate 

 Cotton. Accordingly he brought some seeds with him, 

 and planted them in his village in the Madras district ; 

 but he intended the produce, not for sale, but for home 

 consumption ; spinning the Cotton into thread, and 

 employing weavers to make it into cloths for his own 

 use. The attempt, however, proved unsuccessful, as 

 the soil was not congenial to the plant ; and on this 

 account he was not willing to extend the cultivation. 



