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husk of the ripe nut is not fit for this purpose. At Chinapatam , Tdri, CHAPTER 
or palm wine, is never extracted from the coco-nut tree, as the 
practice injures its growth. Two old leaves in general fall an- June 
nually from every tree, and each of these forms two of the mats Mats for 
which are used in thatching huts. These mats sell at sixty for the ^ t g Cllin ^ 
Sultany Fanam , and are put on as the first coat, which is afterwards 
covered with grass or straw: but in this neighbourhood thatched 
roofs are not much esteemed. 
.Merchants from Seringapatam, Bangalore , Colar, Ballapura, Hosso- 
cotay, and Devund-hully, come here to purchase the produce of these 
gardens. 
Although the soil is considered as the property of the govern- Tenures of 
ment, yet when a man plants a palm garden, the trees are considered P dlra & ardens * 
as his property, and he may at pleasure sell them. He pays one 
half of the produce to the government, as ground-rent; but pays 
nothing for the fruit-trees that are intermixed, nor for the vege- 
tables or grains that are cultivated under them. On this account 
the proprietors seem to be very careless in planting new trees, in 
room of those that have died, or that are in a state of decay; for 
the older and thinner the palm trees are, the less they injure the 
crops under them. The Amildars , it is alleged, expect presents of 
the fruit, Jagory, and other articles that are cultivated in these 
gardens, and that do not pay rent. 
In this vicinity the Palmira tree thrives remarkably well, and is Palmira, or 
planted in barren dry spots, where the other palms will not succeed. 1 ^ 01 ' a f sus J ia ~ 
a ueuit omits « 
It is only used for Tdri, or wine, and that is never distilled, and 
seldom made into Jagory. Its stem is considered as much better 
for building than that of the coco-nut. 
At Chinapatam a family of Linga Banijigaru have the art of mak- Sugar, 
ing very fine white sugar. The process has always been kept a pro- - 
found secret by the head of the house, who instructs his successor 
a short time only before his death. The sugar is made for the sole 
use of the court, who allow the maker %7 Fanams a Maund , or 
