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is distributed throughout the country as far as Magadi , and China - CHAPTER 
patam . The people who bring the salt take back, in return, tama- 
rinds, seeds for making oil, and all kinds of grain that happen to be June 22 > &c * 
cheaper here than in the low country. 
Goods of all kinds are transported by cattle in back loads. The Carriage of 
best cattle are used in the cotton trade, and belong to Pancham goods * 
Banijigaru , natives of the country where the cotton grows. These 
people speak the Karnata as their native language, but do not inter- 
marry with the Pancham Banijigaru of Bangalore. The bullocks 
employed in this trade are very fine animals ; and each brings from 
12 to 15 Maunds of cotton, or from 327flb. to 409 f. They travel 
daily at the rate of 3 computed Cosses, which may be about twelve 
British miles ; and in three hours they perform tips journey. Be- 
sides straw, they are fed on oil-cake, and the seed and leaves of the 
cotton-plant. They cost from 15 to 25 Pagodas , or from 5/. Os. S~d. 
to SI. 7s. 10| d. In the same manner are fed the oxen which are 
employed in transporting betel-nut , pepper, and most other kinds of 
goods ; but these cost only 4 or 5 Pagodas , or from 1/. 6s. 10 id. to 
U- 13s. 7d. They also travel three Cosses a day ; but their average 
load is only eight Maunds , or 20bilb. Many Banijigaru follow the 
profession of carriers, and keep oxen for the purpose. The rate of 
hire is always fixed on the average load of eight Maunds , and never 
1 according to time, but always by distance. The carriage of a bul- 
lock-load of pepper, betel-nut , or other articles that stow well, and 
may be equally divided, costs 15 Fanams from Bangalore to Wal - 
laja-petta , distant about 145 British miles; on articles that cannot 
be so well divided, the price is about 18 Fanams. The first gives 
1 T~oc?o penny a mile for the hundred weight; the second gives 
Itwo penny. The carriers are not answerable for any accident 
that may happen to the goods ; the merchant therefore must send 
with them some trusty person, who is generally a younger branch 
of the family. The bullock employed in carriage is always shod 
with slight iron shoes. 
