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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Dry channel
of the river
cultivated.
Cattle.
CHAPTER temples. It is only where the flowers are sold, 'that any rent is
exacted for the soil. High grounds, that can be watered with pots
May 20, &c. from a well, are chosen for flower gardens, and the red soil is
reckoned the most favourable.
In the dry sandy channel of the river, at this season, the natives
plant four kinds of cucurbitaceous fruits ; viz. the Carbuja, or water
melon; the Tarbuja; the Calungudy; and the Minicai. InKdrtika
(19th October till 16th November) they dig down trenches till the
sand appears moist. Then they plant the seed, and put over it a
little dung and Marulu soil. In fifteen days it must have more
dung, and a slight covering of sand ; and at the end of the month
another manuring. In a fortnight more the flowers appear, and,
next fortnight, young fruit is cut for sale. In the whole of the
third month, the plants produce mature fruit. If any rain comess
the whole labour is lost.
The cattle chiefly bred in the vicinity of Seringapatam are
cows, buffaloes, sheep, the long-legged goat, and asses. Horses,
swine, and the common goat, are in too small number to be of
any importance; and camels are all brought from a distance.
In this part of the country, the oxen that are bred are by no
means numerous enough for the use of the cultivators; and none
are reared that are fit for carriage. The supply comes chiefly from
Alumbady, Tripaturu, Cavadu hully, Cancana hully, Ramaghery, and
Mageri. The farmers in general keep no more stock than the oxen
required to cultivate their lands, with a few cows, or more com-
monly buffaloes, to give milk for their families. I shall, therefore,
defer till another opportunity giving any further account of this
kind of cattle.
The persons who sell milk are commonly called Gaulies, and Ca-
badies; but, in fact, they are of four distinct tribes. I. Gaulies, a
tribe that wear the Linga. II. Gualaru of the Sudra cast. III. Eiru,
who are Mussulmans. IV. Hindustany Eiru, who are Rajputs. Their
mode of managing cattle is the same. Near Seringapatam they keep
Oxen.
Buffalo milk.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Dry channel
of the river
cultivated.
Cattle.
CHAPTER temples. It is only where the flowers are sold, 'that any rent is
exacted for the soil. High grounds, that can be watered with pots
May 20, &c. from a well, are chosen for flower gardens, and the red soil is
reckoned the most favourable.
In the dry sandy channel of the river, at this season, the natives
plant four kinds of cucurbitaceous fruits ; viz. the Carbuja, or water
melon; the Tarbuja; the Calungudy; and the Minicai. InKdrtika
(19th October till 16th November) they dig down trenches till the
sand appears moist. Then they plant the seed, and put over it a
little dung and Marulu soil. In fifteen days it must have more
dung, and a slight covering of sand ; and at the end of the month
another manuring. In a fortnight more the flowers appear, and,
next fortnight, young fruit is cut for sale. In the whole of the
third month, the plants produce mature fruit. If any rain comess
the whole labour is lost.
The cattle chiefly bred in the vicinity of Seringapatam are
cows, buffaloes, sheep, the long-legged goat, and asses. Horses,
swine, and the common goat, are in too small number to be of
any importance; and camels are all brought from a distance.
In this part of the country, the oxen that are bred are by no
means numerous enough for the use of the cultivators; and none
are reared that are fit for carriage. The supply comes chiefly from
Alumbady, Tripaturu, Cavadu hully, Cancana hully, Ramaghery, and
Mageri. The farmers in general keep no more stock than the oxen
required to cultivate their lands, with a few cows, or more com-
monly buffaloes, to give milk for their families. I shall, therefore,
defer till another opportunity giving any further account of this
kind of cattle.
The persons who sell milk are commonly called Gaulies, and Ca-
badies; but, in fact, they are of four distinct tribes. I. Gaulies, a
tribe that wear the Linga. II. Gualaru of the Sudra cast. III. Eiru,
who are Mussulmans. IV. Hindustany Eiru, who are Rajputs. Their
mode of managing cattle is the same. Near Seringapatam they keep
Oxen.
Buffalo milk.