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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTE R brought hither; but now a great part of it is carried directly to the 
lower Carnatic. The quantity annually procured does not exceed a 
June 22, &c. hundred Maunds , or about 2,425 pounds. The Dinduga gum might 
be had to the extent of two or three hundred Maunds, or from 
4, 850 lbs. to 7,275 lbs. a year, if money were advanced for it at the 
rate of from 8 to 12 Fanams a Maund, or from 1/. 3s. 4d. to ll. 15s. Id. 
the hundred weight. At present a small quantity only is collected 
for the use of the silk-weavers. The cotton-merchants from the 
Duab of the Krishna supply the Gandhaki with Cut, or terra japo- 
nica; with asafoetida; Mailtuta and Maiful, two substances used by 
the natives in cleaning their teeth; Costa, a medicine; Loduchica, a 
dye; sulphur; alum; borax; and opium. From the Gandhaki these 
merchants purchase Muddi and Popli dyes; lac; and wax. The lac 
is partly bought from the Woddar, who collect it in the neighbour- 
.hood; and partly from traders, that bring it from Madhu-giri, Goda - 
giri, Banirgutta, and Denkina-cotay. The spices, the Tagashay seed, 
and indigo, are procured by the Gandhaki from the lower Carnatic . 
Fossile alkali, or soda, is partly brought from Krishna- giri in the Bd - 
ra-mahdl; and partly from Chin’ -ray a-pattana, Gutalu, and Holy Kara- 
singa-pura. Tonda flowers, for dyeing, are brought from Nagara, and 
from Denkina-cotay ; those produced in the latter place, are the best. 
Most of the Capili-podi dye, or flower produced on the fruit of the 
Rotleria tinctoria of Dr. Roxburgh, comes from Chin’ -ray a-pattana ; 
but a little is procured from Rdma-giri. The Cossumba, or Cartha- 
mus tinctorius , that grows in the country, is not nearly sufficient ; 
its demand; and much of this article is imported by the cotton*, 
merchants from the Duab. 
The trade in salt from the lower Carnatic is very considerable, as 
none but the poorest people eat that made in the country. It is 
carried on by two classes of people: the IVoddaru, or tank-diggers; 
and the Coramaru , who, in the intervals between their commercial 
expeditions, make baskets. The sab is brought up from the lower 
Carnatic by people of the same casts; and by those, who reside here, 
