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far as I have yet observed above the Ghats , tanks are very rare; CHAPTER 
and at this season of the year, at least, the water is in general very 
bad and dirty. 
In the evening I went to the house of a distiller of country rum, Distilled 
in order to examine his process. The bark of the Mimosa leucophlea s *’ ,rlt3 * 
Roxb: is considered as a necessary ingredient. This tree grows 
commonly in the country, and is called Cari Jaly in the Canarese, 
Nella tumica in the Telinga, and Caru velun in the Tamul. The bark 
is dried, and cut into chips, of which about four pounds are added 
to one mound (24^ lb.) of sugar-cane Jagory, with a quantity of 
water equal to about twice the bulk of this sweet substance. The 
mixture is made in an earthen jar, which is kept in the shade, and 
the fermentation commences in about twenty-four hours. It is com- 
pleted on the twelfth day; when the liquor is distilled by the fol- 
lowing apparatus (see Plate II. Fig. 1.). The body of the still (a a a) 
is a strong earthen jar, capable of containing three times the bulk 
of the materials. On this is luted, with cow dung, a copper head 
(b b b), having on the inside a gutter (c c) for collecting the vapour 
that has been condensed into spirit by a constant small stream of 
water, which falls on the head at (f). This water is conveyed 
away by the pipe (g), while the spirit is conducted into a jar by the 
pipe (d). The mode of condensing the spirit is very rude; and* the 
liquor, which is never rectified by a second distillation, is execra- 
ble. The natives allege that the bark, which is very insipid to the 
taste, is useful, by diminishing the too great sweetness of the Ja- 
gory, To me, however, it appears to be rather of use by regulating 
the fermentation ; which, in such a warm climate, would be apt to 
run suddenly into the acetous. 
May Sth. — I was obliged to halt this day at Waluru , in order to Fairs, 
give rest both to my people and cattle. At this place there is a 
weekly fair ; and to-day one was kept, to which people flocked in 
great numbers from all the neighbouring country. It is in the 
larger towns only of the Mysore dominions, that weekly fairs are 
