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bank of the nulla : they were healthy and vigorous and above 6" high, 
the patches had been fenced : a large number of seedlings had germinated 
but died in the hot weather for want of water, there being no water any- 
where within 2 miles of the Chenchu (judem. 
On the Kortikanama path, about a mile west of the Chenchu gudein 
I found G sandal seedlings in the patch sown in 190G. Four of the seed- 
lings were healthy and the other two somewhat sickly. These also had 
been fenced in with bamboos. 
Sandal near Pedda-Mantrala. — Inspected on 8th xVugust 1907 : the 
area sown with sandal in 1906 is to the west of the plantation of 1907 
and the dibbled area of 1906 : the sandal was sown in a low bamboo area 
on both sides of a small nalla that runs into the Pedda-Mantrala tank. 
I found only 6 sandal seedlings all healthy and vigorous. One of the 
plants was 2 feet high and had branched, the rest were about a foot high. 
They had not been properly fenced and a fence was therefore ordered to 
be put up at once. Here, too, there were not many bushes of species 
suitable as hosts for sandal, probably owing to the heavy cover of the 
somewhat low bamboo clumps. In this locality also a large number 
of seedlings died, probably owing to damp and drip during the rains 
and the heat of the succeeding hot weather. The locality appears better 
suited for sandal than Maddipenta, provided the heavy bamboo cover is 
partially opened out and Kanuga and Birsanam are introduced as hosts. 
17. The sowings at the last three places would have proved more 
successful, had the Deputy Rangers in charge of those Chenchu centres 
paid any attention to them, but owing to sickness and frequent changes 
of officers, the sowings were neglected. The localities being in the heart 
of the Nallamalals and better suited for the growth of sandal than 
Diguvametta where the experiment may be said to have been successful, 
I think attempts to sow sandal with frequent Inspections and protection 
from fires, cattle and wild animals, will succeed in establishing and 
spreading this valuable species, if these attempts are persisted in. 
Sandal sotdngs of 1907. 
18. Having received a large supply of sandal seed from the North 
Salem District, it was distributed to all the Ranges except Rachakonda 
in the East Kurnool District in order to sow it with seeds of Kanuga, 
Birsanam, Yegi {Pterocarjpus marsupium), etc. 
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