MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. Q5 
introduced a most barbarous appellation. In the Telinga language, CHAPTER 
it is called Alasunda. It is the Bohr a and Choni of the Mussulmans, t , 
the Caramuny of the Tamuls of Madras , the Tata Pyru of Coimbetore, May 20, &c. 
the Bily Hessaru of Haiga, and the Cauli of Kankana. Of this grain, 
there is but one kind, and it is cultivated only as a Cane crop, 
which is performed exactly in the same manner with that of the 
Caf udu. The green pods, and ripe grain, are both made into Cur- 
ries, as is usual here, by frying them in oil with tamarinds, turme- 
ric, onions, capsicum, and salt. Horses eat the grain ; but the straw 
is only useful as manure. 
WulVJLllu is the Sesamum orientale ; and one kind only is culti- Sesammn . 
vated here. The Indicum , however, is to be met with in some places 
not far distant, and is called the Phulagana Ellu. It is raised ex- 
actly like the Carudu , cut down when ripe, and stacked for seven 
days. It is then exposed to the sun for three days, but at night is 
collected again into a heap ; and, between every two days drying in 
the sun, it is kept a day in the heap. By this process the capsules 
burst of themselves, and the seed falls down on the ground. The 
cultivators sell the greater part of the seed to the oil-makers. 
This oil is here in common use with the natives, both for the table 
and for unction. The seed is also made into flour, which is mixed 
with Jagory, and formed into a variety of sweet cakes. 'The straw 
is used for fewel and for manure. 
A considerable quantity of sugar-cane is cultivated by the far- Sugar-cane 
mers of the Ashta gram. It is of two kinds, Restali , and Puttaputti 
Both yield Bella, or Jagory ; but the natives can extract sugar 
from the Puttaputti alone. The Jagory of the latter is also reckoned 
the best. The Restali can only be planted in Chaitra ; the Putta- 
putti may also be planted in Srdvana, or Mdgha. The crop of Restali 
is over in a year; that of Puttaputti requires fourteen months, 
but may be followed by a second crop, or, as is said in the West 
Indies , by a crop of Ratoons , which require twelve months only to 
ripen. The Restali will not survive for a second crop. This is 
