MYSOEEv CANADA, AND MALABAB. 
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the Nz£am'$ dominions,. which Is called 'Rajawutiy, and is situated 
■on ih i side of the Tungabhiidra and from thence they bring silk 
tain! cotton cloths, win nit they sell either at home or in the neigh™ 
botirlag towns as far as, Bangalore. This trade is carried on entirely 
with ready money. 
The- cotton cloths made at Stfagutta- are of the hind called Sam 
MhiHay, and are of a coarse quality. They sometimes have red 
borders. The weavers are of the cast called Raima Sfialm?, and by 
no means numerous. The cloth exported is chiefly the very coarse 
kind that is made by the. low cast called Jf'lwUiaru, and J* collected 
from the neighbouring villages. Its price Is from 4 to Id Fa;wms t 
or from %$, S|T to- 8 $, OJT a piece. Those which, sell at the last 
■ mentioned price are 38 cubits long and broad, and. »n fabric 
resemble the Cdftiis of Bengal They appear to -me to be a good 
and a cheap- ' ra&mif actu re When any considerable mwowty h 
wanted, advances are made by the merchants; but more than Tie 
price of one piece at a time is never given in advance. There are 
n-o.mtermediate agents between the .merchant and the weaver, r 
SUagutia is celebrated for its Tartar or kitchen gardens* and Vtode* 
this kind of cultivation formerly employed 500 families ; which are 
now reduced to 50, the others having bee; carried t&rSermgapatam 
t:f TippoftyithQ had no- more comphnctiohin removing the inhabi- 
tants of one. place to another, that:, n ordering Ins army U • barge 
its ground. To-day I remained ct Silugu^a, hi orde^ -riore fully 
to examine the •cultivation of gardens. 
The cultivators of these gardens here .are of various cash, Ta gd 
Banijigaru, Ruddt , Falil , Gonlaru, and Carubam, Where the family 
contains two men, they eiilttvaw af 301 .it half an rr; wbare it ecu- 
tains more, they take in proportion an additional quantity. Their 
women cs 1 i 3 the > 1 t e to taa ri< etiu t gliho g to 
the family subsist entirely on this *pot of ground, arid pay a 
heavy rent, which is chiefly procured by Te rale of turmeric, 
wheat, onions, gallic, capsicum, poppy seed, fenugreek, and 
