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a
aret*0
ihes;
*****
bave water,
a11 kNs of
lave g*n
ane> bete).
35 the soil
es are also
for no col-
sight years
readily be
en planted
live fori
■uit, which
gives fl-
int of the
re a
I
r in gene-
. kernels
(adras.
,od of*
,r vario*
■Tided*
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
husk of the ripe nut is not fit for this purpose. At Chinapatam, Tart,
or palm wine, is never extracted from the coco-nut tree, as the
practice injures its growth. Two old leaves in general fall an-
nually from every tree, and each of these forms two of the mats
which are used in thatching huts. These mats sell at sixty for the
Sultany Fanam, and are put on as the first coat, which is afterwards
covered with grass or straw: but in this neighbourhood thatched
roofs are not much esteemed.
Merchants from Seringapatam, Bangalore, Colar, Ballapura, Hosso-
cotay, and Devund-hully, come here to purchase the produce of these
gardens.
Although the soil is considered as the property of the govern-
ment, yet when a man plants a palm garden, the trees are considered
as his property, and he may at pleasure sell them. He pays one
half of the produce to the government, as ground-rent; but pays
nothing for the fruit-trees that are intermixed, nor for the vege-
tables or grains that are cultivated under them. On this account
the proprietors seem to be very careless in planting new trees, in
room of those that have died, or that are in a state of decay; for
the older and thinner the palm trees are, the less they injure the
crops under them. The Amildars, it is alleged, expect presents of
the fruit, Jagory, and other articles that are cultivated in these
gardens, and that do not pay rent.
In this vicinity the Palmira tree thrives remarkably well, and is
planted in barren dry spots, where the other palms will not succeed.
It is only used for Tdri, or wine, and that is never distilled, and
seldom made into Jagory. Its stem is considered as much better
for building than that of the coco-nut.
At Chinapatam a family of L'tnga Banijigaru have the art of mak-
ing very fine white sugar. The process has always been kept a pro-
found secret by the head of the house, who instructs his successor
a short time only before his death. The sugar is made for the sole
use of the court, who allow the maker 27 Fanams a Maund, or
157
CHAPTER
III.
June 11.
Mats for
thatching
huts.
Tenures of
palm gardens.
Palmira, or
Borassusjla-
belliformis.
Sugar.
aret*0
ihes;
*****
bave water,
a11 kNs of
lave g*n
ane> bete).
35 the soil
es are also
for no col-
sight years
readily be
en planted
live fori
■uit, which
gives fl-
int of the
re a
I
r in gene-
. kernels
(adras.
,od of*
,r vario*
■Tided*
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
husk of the ripe nut is not fit for this purpose. At Chinapatam, Tart,
or palm wine, is never extracted from the coco-nut tree, as the
practice injures its growth. Two old leaves in general fall an-
nually from every tree, and each of these forms two of the mats
which are used in thatching huts. These mats sell at sixty for the
Sultany Fanam, and are put on as the first coat, which is afterwards
covered with grass or straw: but in this neighbourhood thatched
roofs are not much esteemed.
Merchants from Seringapatam, Bangalore, Colar, Ballapura, Hosso-
cotay, and Devund-hully, come here to purchase the produce of these
gardens.
Although the soil is considered as the property of the govern-
ment, yet when a man plants a palm garden, the trees are considered
as his property, and he may at pleasure sell them. He pays one
half of the produce to the government, as ground-rent; but pays
nothing for the fruit-trees that are intermixed, nor for the vege-
tables or grains that are cultivated under them. On this account
the proprietors seem to be very careless in planting new trees, in
room of those that have died, or that are in a state of decay; for
the older and thinner the palm trees are, the less they injure the
crops under them. The Amildars, it is alleged, expect presents of
the fruit, Jagory, and other articles that are cultivated in these
gardens, and that do not pay rent.
In this vicinity the Palmira tree thrives remarkably well, and is
planted in barren dry spots, where the other palms will not succeed.
It is only used for Tdri, or wine, and that is never distilled, and
seldom made into Jagory. Its stem is considered as much better
for building than that of the coco-nut.
At Chinapatam a family of L'tnga Banijigaru have the art of mak-
ing very fine white sugar. The process has always been kept a pro-
found secret by the head of the house, who instructs his successor
a short time only before his death. The sugar is made for the sole
use of the court, who allow the maker 27 Fanams a Maund, or
157
CHAPTER
III.
June 11.
Mats for
thatching
huts.
Tenures of
palm gardens.
Palmira, or
Borassusjla-
belliformis.
Sugar.