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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 a 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. Ho the people possess any domestic 
animals ? if so, what kinds ? and what are the apparent 
peculiarities of breed found in these 1 27. Were 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 1 32. Are anyof 
the cultivated plants apparently derived from indigenous 
wild ones ? 33. What produce is imported and exported ? 
and whence h 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. Hoes 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. Hoes the same piece of land continue in the possession of 
one man, or are there periodical redistributions ? 
J. B. 
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