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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. ' es
S6th August.—In the morning I went three cosses to Belluru. CHAPTER
The greater part of the country consists of barren heights covered VI1-
with low bushes, and has never been cultivated. More than one August 26.
half of the arable fields appear to be now waste; but near Belluru ^hellmt
there is a good deal of fine rice-ground, and more of it is under the try-
Kartika crop than I have seen in any other place. The tank of
Belluru is a fine work, and at present contains water to ripen 40
Candacas of seed, sowing at 200 Seers a Candaca. Another heavy
rain will secure them in 30 Candacas of the Vaisdkha crop. Here the
sprouted-seed cultivation is preferred to all others. One half of
the cattle died last year of the epidemic distemper. There was
plenty of forage.. The people have not suffered from famine since
the invasion of the country by Lord Cornwallis;. but on that occa-
sion their misery was terrible. On the approach of the British
army, the Sultan laid waste the whole country between this and the
capital, and forced the inhabitants of the open country to retire to
the hills, where they built huts, and procured provisions in the best
manner that they could; no steps having been taken by their
prince to obviate the famine likely to ensue. They were chiefly
supported by the grain of the small villages that are hid among
the hills and woods, and which it was not thought necessary to
destroy. A large proportion, however, perished of hunger, or of
the diseases following too scanty a diet; and in the whole Naga-
mangala country, of which this foi'ms a part, one half of the inha-
bitants are now wanting, although they have had eight years to
recover. This is the calculation of the officers of government. To
judge from the desolation that I see around me,,I should conclude
the loss to have been greater.
In this part of the country a good many sheep are bred: in the sheep.
morning I met with three large folds of them*
To the eastward of Belluru is a range of barren rocky hills. One Hills called
of them rises to a considerable height, and is called Haduna Cullu HadmaCuUu.
Betta, or Kite-rock hill, from its abounding with.that kind of bird..
S6th August.—In the morning I went three cosses to Belluru. CHAPTER
The greater part of the country consists of barren heights covered VI1-
with low bushes, and has never been cultivated. More than one August 26.
half of the arable fields appear to be now waste; but near Belluru ^hellmt
there is a good deal of fine rice-ground, and more of it is under the try-
Kartika crop than I have seen in any other place. The tank of
Belluru is a fine work, and at present contains water to ripen 40
Candacas of seed, sowing at 200 Seers a Candaca. Another heavy
rain will secure them in 30 Candacas of the Vaisdkha crop. Here the
sprouted-seed cultivation is preferred to all others. One half of
the cattle died last year of the epidemic distemper. There was
plenty of forage.. The people have not suffered from famine since
the invasion of the country by Lord Cornwallis;. but on that occa-
sion their misery was terrible. On the approach of the British
army, the Sultan laid waste the whole country between this and the
capital, and forced the inhabitants of the open country to retire to
the hills, where they built huts, and procured provisions in the best
manner that they could; no steps having been taken by their
prince to obviate the famine likely to ensue. They were chiefly
supported by the grain of the small villages that are hid among
the hills and woods, and which it was not thought necessary to
destroy. A large proportion, however, perished of hunger, or of
the diseases following too scanty a diet; and in the whole Naga-
mangala country, of which this foi'ms a part, one half of the inha-
bitants are now wanting, although they have had eight years to
recover. This is the calculation of the officers of government. To
judge from the desolation that I see around me,,I should conclude
the loss to have been greater.
In this part of the country a good many sheep are bred: in the sheep.
morning I met with three large folds of them*
To the eastward of Belluru is a range of barren rocky hills. One Hills called
of them rises to a considerable height, and is called Haduna Cullu HadmaCuUu.
Betta, or Kite-rock hill, from its abounding with.that kind of bird..