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any one a permanent right of property in any portion of the 
soil ? or has the tribe in general, or the chief a superior 
right? 22. Is the same land tilled again and again till it 
becomes barren, or is fresh ground cleared and tilled yearly ? 
23. Is the advantage of fallowing understood ? or is there any 
idea of rotation of crops, or of the use of manure of any 
kind ? 24. How are the crops protected from depredation ? 
25. What are the relative values of the different cereal or 
other grains or roots ? 26. Do the people possess any domestic 
animals ? if so, what kinds ? and what are the apparent 
peculiarities of breed found in these ? 27. Where any of 
them introduced by civilized men or others from abroad ? 
28. Are they kept for their flesh, milk, or eggs, or for use in 
cultivation ? 29. How is the milk treated, and in what state 
is it used? (See No. XXV., Food.) 30. Is any kind of 
sanctity attached to the domestic animals, or to the cow¬ 
houses, dairies, or implements used in connection with them ? 
31. Are any wild or uncultivated plants commonly used as 
food, or resorted to only in time of scarcity ? if so, what are 
they ? and do they appear to yield wholesome nutriment, or 
are any diseases attributable to their use? 32. Are any of 
the cultivated plants apparently derived from indigenous 
wild ones ? 33. What produce is imported and exported ? 
and whence? 34. Is the tribulum employed for threshing? 
(a large plank or board stuck with flint or stone flakes on the 
underside, which is drawn over the wheat on the threshing- 
floor.) 35. Are scarecrows or other means of frightening 
birds or animals used ? 36. Does the whole of a crop belong 
to the individual or family ; or are tithes payable ? 37. Is 
any charm or fetish placed in the field to make the crop good ? 
38. Does the same piece of land continue in the possession of 
one man, or are there periodical redistributions ? 
J. B. 
