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ing been thrown away in rebelling against Government, and the 

 Bengal trade for that season lost ; the people were in great dis- 

 tress for food, and the merchants only providing them with rice 

 in exchange for coir, they had to make more of it than usual. 



103. Export of cocoanuts has decreased, because 20 years ago 

 proper attention was not paid to planting, and also theft has not 

 been rigorously checked. 



104. There is no such thing in Menakoy as entailed (or " Tur- 

 wad") property. 



105. The Islanders state the freight of one candy of rice from 

 Balasore to Menakoy to be about Rs. 7, and that of one maund of 

 cowries from Menakoy to Bengal to be about Rs. 5. 



XII. General Description of the country between Parvatipore and 

 Jeypore. By Lieut. J. Vertue, District Engineer. 



The country between these places may be divided into four por- 

 tions. 



1st. From Parvatipore to the commencement of the jungle, a 

 distance of about 4 miles in which the soil is light, gradually be- 

 coming mixed with red, and the country well cultivated. 



2nd. The jungle portion, which extends for 37^- miles, or to the 

 foot of the reverse slope of the Bijiya Ghaut. The soil in this 

 portion is uniformly red, and where the jungle is cleared, seems 

 productive. The principal villages on the road are Alunmdah, 

 Kattoolapett, Bundagam and Narrainapatnam ; the last a large 

 place containing about 1,000 inhabitants. About the first two and 

 last named villages, the jungle is well cleared, and there is a good 

 deal of cultivation, principally dry. These villages, as all indeed 

 on the road, are situated close to the river (Chicacole river) in 

 which there is water the whole year round. This country is con- 

 sidered the most feverish and dangerous on the road, and as little 

 time as possible should be spent in it. The Road or Track, as it 



