A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER and lasts for fifteen days, or until the 9th of March. Previous to 
the first ploughing, if there has not recently been any rain, the 
May 20, &c. field must have a little water, and then it is three times ploughed. 
The seed is sown immediately before the third ploughing, by which 
it is covered. This crop obtains neither water, manure, nor weed- 
ing. The straw, when ripe, is pulled up by the roots, stacked for 
three days, dried two days in the sun, and then trodden out by 
bullocks. The flour, made into cakes, and fried in oil, is here a 
common article of diet. It is also mixed with rice flour, and made 
into white cakes called Doshy , which are also fried in oil, and are 
a favourite food. The straw is reckoned pernicious to cattle. It is 
thrown on the dunghill, and serves to increase the quantity of 
manure. The grain is always preserved in the Mudy , or straw 
bag. 
Dod’udu. 
Phaseolus 
Mungo. 
Dolichos 
Catsjang . 
The Dod'udu, or great Udu, is called also Hain’udu. I had no 
opportunity of examining it in a state proper for ascertaining its 
place in the botanical system ; but I have no doubt of its being 
the Phaseolus minimoo of Dr. Roxburgh. It is cultivated and ma- 
naged exactly like the other kind ; but the first ploughing is on 
the 8th day after the Swarna Gauri mata , which this year happened 
on the 23d of August. The sowing season is 15 days afterwards; 
that is, about the 15th of September. The - ' straw is equally perni- 
cious to cattle, but the grain is reckoned better than that of the 
Chid udu. 
The Hessaru is the Phaseolus Mungo of the botanists, a barbarous 
name derived from the Mung of the Mussulmans, and of Kankdna . 
In the Telinga language it is called Pachy Pessaru ; and in the dia- 
lect of the Tamuls, Pacha Pyru. It is of one kind only, but is cub 
tivated both as a Hainu and as a Caru crop : in both of which the 
manner of cultivation is exactly the same as that of the Udus. The 
straw, being equally unfit for cattle, is reserved for manure. The 
grain is dressed as Curry . 
The Tadaguny is the Dolichos Catsjang of Linnaeus, who has here 
