392 



Ou the Stathltdi of Didhun. 



[April 



from 25 to 45 feet deep : soiuf oxpcrinionls of mine, <lioreforo, to as- 

 certain (be quantity of water broui^bt up from a \vt 11 3') feet drep in n cer- 

 tain time, m:iy be considered as an average of the efiicieney of this mc- 

 tl^>d of irrigaiion. 1 foiinil a molit (uf six paahls) average a delivery of 

 19S w ine bott]» s of water each time The botile contained 28 oiniees 

 of water, apt'iheearies' mea^ure, ctmseijin nliy the liucket c<nilained 

 55l4 onnces wine measure, 231 (^naris, or 57 gallons o quarts, 'J "he re is 

 a singular uniformity of time between the delivery of tv\o buckets, sel- 

 dom exceeding seventy seconds : a man and a p;iir of bullocks, there- 

 fore, in an hour deliver 2P31 gallons of water; and, labor.ring seven 

 hours a day, give ^0,51/ gallons ^^ine measure; and the same man with 

 two pairs of bullocks delivers 41,034 gallons of water : a quantity in- 

 finitely exceeding what Europeans usually believe to be drawn up by 

 the simple means employed. At eight pounds troy to the gallon, the 

 wcighi ot water dravn up by one pair oi bullocks in one day will be 

 164. l"'6-lbs. troy ; and by two pairs of bullocks, 3'-:8,272-lbs. troy. "J'his 

 account aj^pears very considerable, but my ex})erimcnts have been re- 

 peated with care : and, on the whole, the delivery of \^ater may be ra- 

 ther underrated than overrated. 



Near the village of Piroorgoot, I observed a simple method of watering 

 a field. The bed of a nullah, or rivulet, with very low banks, had been 

 dam.med up ; three pieces of wood, like a gin, were put over the M'ater , 

 a scoop was suspended by a rope to the apex of the gin, and a man 

 scooped out the water into his field. The bibour w^is great, and the 

 supply of water small. This apparatus is called Dohl. 



It woidd appear to be of considerable importance to encourage the 

 making of wells, as the only means of increasing the very limited ex- 

 ports of the Dukhun. 



Agriculture. 



Some general observations will be necessary, as the crops and agricul- 

 tural }irovess in the M:iwul.>* dilrer materially from the crops and agri- 

 cultural process in the Deslut The princij al crop of the Mavvuls is that 

 of the rains, and the most valuable of its produce is rice. The severe 

 labour attending the preparation of the rice ground in the hot weather 

 is great, and in the rains the cultivator has to trample up to his knees in 

 water and mud ploughing the rice field, probably in a deluge of rain, but 



* Hilly districts along tlie crest of the Gh^its. 

 + Fiat country, eastward of the Mawuls. 



