A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
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CHAPTER 
VI. 
Aug. 1 — 6. 
A plant pro- 
ducing oil, 
and called 
Huts’-Eliu. 
Navony , or 
Panicum ita - 
licum. 
Haruhi, or 
llicimts pal- 
ma Christi. 
Pulse called 
Hessaru, 
cattle ; but, owing probably to some idle prejudice, they are said to 
be bad for milch cows. 
The Huts' -Ella is sown near villages, in places where rubbish and 
dirt are thrown. First, at the same season with the Huruli, sow the 
seed, and then plough the field twice. In three months it ripens 
without farther trouble, and in a good year produces sixteen seeds. 
The Navony cultivated on dry-field is that called Bily , and is 
raised either on the two poorer soils, or on a black mould that has 
been prepared for it by a crop of the pulse called Hessaru. It is 
considered as exhausting the ground; but this is obviated by 
ploughing up the field immediately after the Navony has been cut, 
and thus exposing the soil to the air. In the two months following 
the vernal equinox, plough four times. With the next good rain, 
harrow with the rake drawn by oxen, and sow the seed with the 
drill; putting Navony in the Curigay , and the pulse called Avaray 
in the Sudiky. In three months it ripens without farther trouble, 
and in a good crop produces 96 seeds. For cattle, the straw is 
better than that of rice. 
Harulu , of the kind called Phola , is here cultivated. For this a 
sandy soil is reckoned best ; and as it is thought to improve the 
soil, the little Ragy that is sown on dry-field generally follows it. 
In the first month after the vernal equinox, plough twice ; then, 
with the first rain in the next month, at every cubit’s distance 
throughout the field, draw furrows intersecting each other at tight 
angles. At every intersection drop a seed, and cover them with 
another furrow. After two months weed with the plough ; and 
with the Cuntay, or hoe drawn by oxen, throw the earth in ridges 
toward the young plants. In six months it begins to give ripe 
fruit, which for three months is gathered once a week. 
The Hessaru cultivated here is called Cari, or black, and requires 
a black soil, to which it is said to add much strength. It is there- 
fore taken alternately with Navony , or with fflutp-Eilu, both of 
