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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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ation.
The Bagait, or gardens watered by the machines called Capily and CHAPTER
Yatam, are of great importance. This manner of cultivation enables \^^^j
a small extent of ground to support many people, and to pay a high Nov-12-
rent; and it is less liable to fail, from a want of rain, than the com- Cayilygzx-
mon cultivation of t\\e dry-fields. Major Macleod therefore ad- B™'a°tr
vances money to every farmer who engages to dig a well. This
advance is repaid in between eighteen months and two years. For
the first year a garden pays only the rent which it did while culti-
vated as dry-field ; in the second year, one half of the additional
rent is laid on; and in the third year it pays the full rent.
Where the water is near the surface, Major Macleod prefers the Machinery
t-t , , „ . tit forirrigr*'
xatam, as the cheapest manner or irrigating a garden; but where
the water is far from the surface, he prefers the Capily. He has not
however ascertained, by actual experiment, the relative advantages
of these two machines.
13th November.—I went ten Malabar hours' journey to Caruru, or Nov. 13.
Caroor. A considerable proportion of the country is not cultivated, 0f t^e CoUU.
and there are very few fences. The soil is in e-eneral poor, with try' and
J . . strata.
many projecting rocks, especially of pure white quartz, among
which are found irregular masses perfectly pellucid. There is a
quarry near Caroor, of a stone called Carum-gull, or the black
stone. It differs from the hornblende of Mysore, being mixed with
felspar; but is used for the same purposes, and is called by the
same name.
Caruru is a considerable town, situated on the northern bank of Caroor, or
i a • ■ ii- . , ,. n Caruru.
the Amara-wati river, and having at a little distance from it a neat
fort, containing a large temple, and a garrison of Sepoys. The town
contains 1000 houses. Its merchants seem, however, to be chiefly
petty dealers, nor are the weavers in the place numerous.
Lands now waste, but formerly cultivated, in this part of the Different de-
country, are in the language of the Tamuls called Tirsi; by the 0f land.
Mussulmans they are called Banjur. The lands in cultivation are
called Sagwulli. Lands not watered are called Kiet; 'and those which
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ation.
The Bagait, or gardens watered by the machines called Capily and CHAPTER
Yatam, are of great importance. This manner of cultivation enables \^^^j
a small extent of ground to support many people, and to pay a high Nov-12-
rent; and it is less liable to fail, from a want of rain, than the com- Cayilygzx-
mon cultivation of t\\e dry-fields. Major Macleod therefore ad- B™'a°tr
vances money to every farmer who engages to dig a well. This
advance is repaid in between eighteen months and two years. For
the first year a garden pays only the rent which it did while culti-
vated as dry-field ; in the second year, one half of the additional
rent is laid on; and in the third year it pays the full rent.
Where the water is near the surface, Major Macleod prefers the Machinery
t-t , , „ . tit forirrigr*'
xatam, as the cheapest manner or irrigating a garden; but where
the water is far from the surface, he prefers the Capily. He has not
however ascertained, by actual experiment, the relative advantages
of these two machines.
13th November.—I went ten Malabar hours' journey to Caruru, or Nov. 13.
Caroor. A considerable proportion of the country is not cultivated, 0f t^e CoUU.
and there are very few fences. The soil is in e-eneral poor, with try' and
J . . strata.
many projecting rocks, especially of pure white quartz, among
which are found irregular masses perfectly pellucid. There is a
quarry near Caroor, of a stone called Carum-gull, or the black
stone. It differs from the hornblende of Mysore, being mixed with
felspar; but is used for the same purposes, and is called by the
same name.
Caruru is a considerable town, situated on the northern bank of Caroor, or
i a • ■ ii- . , ,. n Caruru.
the Amara-wati river, and having at a little distance from it a neat
fort, containing a large temple, and a garrison of Sepoys. The town
contains 1000 houses. Its merchants seem, however, to be chiefly
petty dealers, nor are the weavers in the place numerous.
Lands now waste, but formerly cultivated, in this part of the Different de-
country, are in the language of the Tamuls called Tirsi; by the 0f land.
Mussulmans they are called Banjur. The lands in cultivation are
called Sagwulli. Lands not watered are called Kiet; 'and those which
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