AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. * * 



plough, which is inferior in power *o the Chinese and 

 the Kling or Coromandel Coast plough* These huve 

 only one handle. The population are far behind 

 England in th warm of agriculture— value 2 to 5 dr*. 



2. CUanhool— Hoes of sizes, the largest being full 

 llj Inch*! long, 5J inches broad at top, and 6^at the 

 U *to Oi and weighing 6i ft*. The Chin^C work best 

 with this last. The size for the Klines and Malays is 

 about 1 or | pound less in weigh c. No large straight 

 8] lades are used. Chankooh should be well si wd w ith 

 ifeel, as the workmen scruple not to cut through 

 rp >is of trees and soft rock* with" them — value of the 

 largest size,. GO cents to 75 cents of a Sp. dollar. 



3. Kai* pet — A large axe. The English axe is 

 sparingly need — value | dollar. 



4. Biltiong— The Mala\ an axe. The broad part 

 is only 4 inche^in length and fl£ iuehes broad at the 

 edtfe. The shaft is 8 iuehes long from the broad part 

 an<j this is attached to a long; wooden handle : wit}) 

 this small but penetrating instrument, a Malay will 

 fell the hardest tree more expeditiously tinman Eu- 

 ropean, perhaps, could with his heavy axe— value J 

 dollar, weight near 2ibs, 



5. Nwr- Harrow of iron or of wood, having one 

 row of teeth — price 1 rupee, aud requiring a man to 

 follow and press it down by means of a bar of wood 

 raised 3 feet above it. Wooden aud irou rakes are 

 likewise employed. As hay is never mad, and e\eu 

 straw BeWom preserved, Uiere are no pitchforks in use. 



6. PhigiUng^ A wooden roller divided into five or 

 sis: leave* like those of a grain wimmwer, whiehare 

 sometimes shod with iron : in revolving, it cuts and 

 tears up grass, and Meeds — priee { dollar. 



7. Blatang — Sledge for drawing logs of wood.— 

 Jinor— A wooden sledge or partly of wood, with mat 

 or bamboo sides — price 1 rupee. It is dragged by a 



