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tion of oxalic acid : compared with distilled water it was as 1,000 to 

 996; from wliicli it may be inferred that it consisted of 



996 parts of water. 



2*5 of sub-carb. of soda. 



1-5 of muriate of magnesia, with a trace of lime. 



This water is preferred for most garden produce ; for fenugreek, 

 tobacco, and vegetables generally, save the Arum nyphoefolimn ; 

 also for decocting the mahwa previous to fermentation— it acts on 

 the brass lota — it is also used in preference for Indian corn. 



2d. Meela panee. — This left on 996 1 grains scarcely any resi- 

 duum — it is the common drinking water, and reckoned good for ir- 

 rigating rice — sp. gr. to distilled water as 997 to 996. 



3d. Sowta panee. — This water is excessively sweet, but said not 

 to slake the thirst — its taste depends on about two grains and a 

 half to the ounce of water of sub-carbonate of soda that exists in 

 it ; its sp. gr. to distilled water was as 997J to 996. 



4th. Sowka panee. — Neither very sweet nor bitter ; itssp.gr. 

 996^ to 996 of distilled water, which may be accounted for by its 

 ha™g got putrid and becoming impregnated with sulphuretted 

 hydrogen to the expulsion of atmospheric air. This water, good 

 for the irrigation of ginger, radishes, cresses, and garlic — and also 

 for wheat and rice — never used for tobacco ; wholesome too for 

 drinking, as it is said by hakeems to be more war-m than cold. It 

 contains a very small proportion of sub-carbonate of soda, and its 

 medical properties may be traced to a portion of combined sulphur 

 it may contain. 



Considering the shortness of the time that has occurred since 

 my undertaking this duty, I need not offer any apology for for- 

 bearing to enter into any detail respecting the climatalogy of the 

 Circar — suffice it to say, the climate would appear to differ little 

 from that of Hyderabad, a bad season in the one being univer- 

 sally a bad season in the other. The hot season of last year 

 was unusually cool at Hyderabad ; the same thing happened at 

 AVarungul, and the heavy rains of September, which have since 

 fiUed the tanks, set in at both places on the same day. The 

 divisions of the year deemed natural by the agriculturist, and 

 which in the rains he watches with intense interest, are in number 

 ■twenty-seven, consisting of from fourteen to fifteen days each. It 

 is a puzzling question to the Brahmin astrologer how he can make 



