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7. Ragi (cynosurus corocana) grows also only in 

 places where the cold monsoon wind cannot come to. This 

 grain the natives say will remain good for 30 years if 

 it is kept in dry places. 



8. A kind of pea (cicer arietinum) generally sown 

 when the Ragi is cut down. 



9. Manalige (a kind of lentil) used for currystufT. 



10. Mete (trigonella foenum grascum) sold to the 

 low country merchants. 



11. Onions and garlic very small but of a fine flavour. 

 They are generally sold to merchants, who come up from 

 Coimbatoor, and carry large quantities down on bullocks. 



12. Opium of a very good kind, the curse for many 

 of the inhabitants of the Hills, who use it first as medicine 

 against any disease they are troubled with, and then get 

 incurable opium eaters. Many of the Kotas boil the shells 

 of the poppy to get a stupifying beverage from them. 



13. Pasambu (calamus aromaticus) is not cultivated 

 but grows nearly in every swamp, and is sold to the 

 Coimbatoor merchants. 



