april — mspt; 1858.] Kota Vocabulary. 



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but for a little bribery the Kanaka or village Accountant 

 can always manage it to make it a little lower. 



The productions of the soil are the following : — ■ 



1. Nilgherry wheat and Nilgherry barley. 



2. European wheat and European barley introduced 

 by Mr. Sullivan. Barley has degenerated very much; and 

 for the last years, the Badagas preferred their own, because 

 they had a better harvest of it. Formerly it was the con- 

 trary, and also this year having had plenty of rain, the Dorre 

 gdnje i. e. Gentleman's barley looks beautifully. 



[Vetches and oats were also introduced by Mr, Sullivan, 

 but the natives did not make any use of it.] 



3. The most common grain is what the natives call 

 Korraliy which is a very rough kind of millet, and grows 

 in the colder districts Kundenad, and Mekanad, where 

 the other finer grains do not grow. As they cultivate 

 the same piece of ground, only every 3d or 4th year, it 

 grows very well without manure except the bushes, which 

 are cut down and burnt. 



4. Same (panicum miliare) which is considered the 

 best kind of the several small grains of the Hills. If 

 grows in the warmer districts, it must have richer soil 

 than Korrali. 



5. Tenney or Navoney (panicum italicum) which also 

 grows only inwarm places. It is considered indigestible, 

 on which account only a small quantity is cultivated and 

 always eaten mixed with some other grain. 



6. Varagu (paspalum frumentaceum) which grows 

 only on the slopes of the Hills in feverish places, and 

 requires, it seems, a warmer climate than the Hill 

 plateau affords. 



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