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A JOURNEY tROM MADRAS THROUGH 
Dry channel 
of the river 
cultivated. 
Cattle. 
chapter temples. It is only where the flowers are sold, that any rent is 
exacted for the soil. High grounds, that can be watered with pots 
May 20, &c. from a well, are chosen for flower gardens, and the red soil is 
reckoned the most favourable. 
In the dry sandy channel of the river, at this season, the natives 
plant four kinds of cucuibitaceous fruits ; viz. the Gavbuja, or water 
melon; the Tarbuja; the Calungudy ; and the Minicai. In Kdrtika 
(19th October till lfith November) they dig down trenches till the 
sand appears moist. .Then they plant the seed, and put over it a 
little dung and Marulu soil. In fifteen days it must have more 
dung, and a slight covering of sand ; and at the end of the month 
another manuring. In a fortnight more the flowers appear, and, 
next fortnight, young fruit is cut for sale. In the whole of the 
third month, the plants produce mature fruit. If any rain comes, 
the whole labour is lost. 
The cattle chiefly bred in the vicinity of Seringapatam are 
cows, buffaloes, sheep, the long-legged goat, and asses. Horses, 
swine, and the common goat, are in too small number to be of 
any importance ; and camels are all brought from a distance. 
In this part of the country, the oxen that are bred are by no 
means numerous enough for the use of the cultivators; and none 
are reared that are fit for carriage. The supply comes chiefly from 
Alumbady , Tripaturu , Cavadu bully , Cancana bully , Ramaghery , and 
Mageri. The farmers in general keep no more stock than the oxen 
required to cultivate their lands, with a few cows, or more com- 
monly buffaloes, to give milk for their families. I shall, therefore, 
defer till another opportunity giving any further account of this 
kind of cattle. 
The persons who sell milk are commonly called Gaulies, and Ca- 
badies ; but, in fact, they are of four distinct tribes. I. Gaulies , a 
tribe that wear the Linga. II. Gualaru of the Sudra cast. III. Eiru, 
who are Mussulmans. IV. Hindustani / Eiru, who are Rajputs. Their 
mode of managing cattle is the same. Near Seringapatam they keep 
Oxen. 
Buffalo milk. 
