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I have observed bark brought in every month of the 
year. 
“ Each particular district where the cinnamon 
grows is bound to furnish yearly a certain quantity 
of cinnamon, proportioned to the number of villages 
and inhabitants which it contains. The Cinglese, 
in return for this service, have each a piece of land 
allotted them rent free. They are also exempted 
from other government services, and enjoy other 
privileges in proportion to the quantity which they 
deliver. Those who are employed to bark the 
trees are called schjalias by the Dutch, and by us 
choliahs . Over them are placed officers of a supe- 
rior class, whose business it is to superintend the 
workmen, to take charge of the woods, and to pre- 
vent cattle and improper persons from trespassing 
there. Besides these, there is a set of officers of a 
higher cast, called cinnamon moodeliers , whose busi- 
ness it is to judge and punish all small offences, 
and to superintend the different districts and vil- 
lages where the choliahs reside. Over the whole a 
head officer is placed, usually known by the Por- 
tuguese name of Captain Cannaille , which means 
Captain Cinnamon. Pie is styled by the natives 
Corundu Mohabadda , or Chief of Cinnamon. The 
chief moodelier receives all the reports concerning 
the woods, and the cinnamon affairs in general, 
from the inferior officers, and transmits them to 
the captain, w ? ho is accountable only to the go- 
vernor. 
The process of preparing the cinnamon for 
