MYSORE, CANfARA, AND MALABAR, 
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I' shall now Retail ;tfec other cirounistaiices which attend tiled cuD CHAPTER 
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On the first division of the watered-lands, lice .is the r.rres test 3i}y <3pc» 
crop; 'and,- when there is plenty of water, the; same ground in the 
course of the year gives two -crops, 'which, from the respective 
times of harvest, ' are called the X/irtika and Vmsdkha wops, Die 
former, provided two crops are taken, is the most. productive ; but, 
if the Kartika be omitted, the ! ; msakha gives a greater return, 
than the Kartika alone would have given; wot. however, equal to 
the produce of both props. Thelquebty of cue gram in both crops 
is the same. For the reasons mentioned at Cola o the / 'oidikfm crop, 
although raised in the dry .season, A the one tnost regularly taken. 
For this crop all the kinds of vice may he sown, for the Kfirtifm 
crop the Bill/ tianabuitif, a ml (kariCh-r>d^gy, :.r.- n* a.nov; .■ •. ,vTh 
rain they are apt to lodge. The soil used for Tripkt'ijy-Sanc.bnttit, 
Bily-Chaningy, Can Chaningy, and Put' -Jlajak, is Marulu. or s&ndyv 
The others require a clay, #hich m the low grounds is always blade. 
The red soil is always con fined, to the rising grounds, ■ and h there- 
fore never cultivated for rice, except when it can be watered by 
machines; and, if the water be more chan 3 1~ feet from F: sur- 
face, these -arc never used. Two men and tour oven, mm, by means 
of the machine called Capily , supply an acre and a half of ground, 
with, water; sufficient to raise a crop of rice.. One set works tour 
or free hours in the morning.:; and. the 'other as much in t?».e e;\ ee- 
bag. In -the day die men do little jobs; but the cattle do no other 
work,. When, this machine is used, the government does not divide 
the crop, with the former; but, on account of his '■ extracrcl inary' - 
labour, takes a fixed rent of four seeds; or eise-contcnts itself v by. 
one quarter of the produce. Sixteen seeds may, therefore, be. coo- 
.aider ed as -the average crop, of ibis; country but then the seed, it 
■ must be observed, is sown very thick. Little rice is, however, 
watered by. machinery; and the kinds chosen are those which 
require the shortest time to, come tc maturity. 
