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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER dispersed through the country to the eastward, as far as Madras.
It is all what is called boiled nut.
In this country black pepper is, next to betel-nut, the most common
article of commerce. Of this also there are two kinds, the Codali,
and Baygadi; the difference in value is inconsiderable, but the Codali
is reckoned rather the best. Much of it is sent down to the Bara-
mahal, and to the dominions of the Nabob of Arcot. This was one
of the articles in which the Sultan traded.
Sandal-wood is also a considerable article of commerce at Banga*
lore. The best comes from the Nagara district, and from the country
bordering on the western Ghats. An inferior kind comes from Ma-
dura, Denkina-cotay, Deva-rayana-cotay, and other places in the ridge
of hills which run north from Capala-durga. Each kind is divided
into three sorts : the first is that which is between the root and first
branches; the second is that of the large branches ; and the third is
that of the small branches, so far as these contain red wood. The
sandal tree, according to the idea of the natives, is of two kinds;
male and female: the former of which is dark, the latter pale-
coloured ; both are of the same value. The sandal of the old tree is
said to be more valuable than that from a young one; but the mer-
chants, in forming an estimate of its value, go entirely by the
strength of its smell. During Tippoo's government none of the
sandal-wood came to this market: lie either did not allow it to be
cut, or else stored up in his forts whatever was felled.
Black blankets, or Cumlies, are here a considerable article of
commerce; and some merchants, of the Carubaru cast, trade in
nothing else. They are brought chiefly from Gori Bideruru in the
Madhu-giri taluc, and also from Sira, Chatrakal, and Balahari.
These last are by much the best; next to them are those from Cha-
trakal. They vary in price from 4 Fanams, or Is. 9\d. to 15 Pagodas,
or Si. 3s. 6%d. By far the greater part are under the value of one
Pagoda, or 6s. 8|d They are chiefly retailed here for country use.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER dispersed through the country to the eastward, as far as Madras.
It is all what is called boiled nut.
In this country black pepper is, next to betel-nut, the most common
article of commerce. Of this also there are two kinds, the Codali,
and Baygadi; the difference in value is inconsiderable, but the Codali
is reckoned rather the best. Much of it is sent down to the Bara-
mahal, and to the dominions of the Nabob of Arcot. This was one
of the articles in which the Sultan traded.
Sandal-wood is also a considerable article of commerce at Banga*
lore. The best comes from the Nagara district, and from the country
bordering on the western Ghats. An inferior kind comes from Ma-
dura, Denkina-cotay, Deva-rayana-cotay, and other places in the ridge
of hills which run north from Capala-durga. Each kind is divided
into three sorts : the first is that which is between the root and first
branches; the second is that of the large branches ; and the third is
that of the small branches, so far as these contain red wood. The
sandal tree, according to the idea of the natives, is of two kinds;
male and female: the former of which is dark, the latter pale-
coloured ; both are of the same value. The sandal of the old tree is
said to be more valuable than that from a young one; but the mer-
chants, in forming an estimate of its value, go entirely by the
strength of its smell. During Tippoo's government none of the
sandal-wood came to this market: lie either did not allow it to be
cut, or else stored up in his forts whatever was felled.
Black blankets, or Cumlies, are here a considerable article of
commerce; and some merchants, of the Carubaru cast, trade in
nothing else. They are brought chiefly from Gori Bideruru in the
Madhu-giri taluc, and also from Sira, Chatrakal, and Balahari.
These last are by much the best; next to them are those from Cha-
trakal. They vary in price from 4 Fanams, or Is. 9\d. to 15 Pagodas,
or Si. 3s. 6%d. By far the greater part are under the value of one
Pagoda, or 6s. 8|d They are chiefly retailed here for country use.