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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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animals
among the
natives.
of the Ubayum land being cultivated twice, as I supposed CHAPTER
by the statement given of the number of ploughs, we ought to J^^.
allow -jVoVV Dec-1~4>-
No horses, asses, swine, sheep, nor goats, are bred in Malay ala, Few domestic
or at least the number is perfectly inconsiderable. All those re-
quired for the use of the inhabitants are imported from the east-
ward. The original natives had no poultry; but since Europeans
have settled among them, the common fowl or pullet may be had
in abundance. :Geese, ducks, and turkeys, are confined to the sea
coast, where they are reared by the Portuguese.
The part of Mr. Warden's districts occupied by thick forests, and Forests,
almost uninhabited, is very extensive. The forest which is a con-
tinuation of the Ani-malaya woods, and which lies between the
frontier and Colangodu, is about seven miles long, and nearly the
same in breadth. To the eastward of Pali-ghat there is another
extensive forest, and there is a long narrow space in the south-east
corner of the district. The hills toward the south are covered with
trees to the summit; while those toward the north, like all the
other Ghats extending from thence to the east, are naked on the
prominent parts, and only covered with trees in their recesses or
glens.
The forests here are divided into Puddles, each of which has its Puddies, or
boundary ascertained, and contains one or more families of a rude therude tribe-
tribe, called Malasir. Both the Puddy and its inhabitants are con- called Mala-
SZT*
sidered as the property of some landlord, who farms out the labour
of these poor people, with all that they collect, to some trader
(Chitty, or Manadi), who treats the Malasirs much in the same
manner as the Malypuddy of Ani-malaya does the rude tribes under
his authority, and receives from them nearly the same articles. In
fact, this is a most iniquitous mode of taxing the Malasir, and the
produce of it is a mere trifle. The most productive Puddy in the
whole district pays only four Rupees a year. A capitation tax on the
583
_?_JLO o_
i o-o o'o
cot'
animals
among the
natives.
of the Ubayum land being cultivated twice, as I supposed CHAPTER
by the statement given of the number of ploughs, we ought to J^^.
allow -jVoVV Dec-1~4>-
No horses, asses, swine, sheep, nor goats, are bred in Malay ala, Few domestic
or at least the number is perfectly inconsiderable. All those re-
quired for the use of the inhabitants are imported from the east-
ward. The original natives had no poultry; but since Europeans
have settled among them, the common fowl or pullet may be had
in abundance. :Geese, ducks, and turkeys, are confined to the sea
coast, where they are reared by the Portuguese.
The part of Mr. Warden's districts occupied by thick forests, and Forests,
almost uninhabited, is very extensive. The forest which is a con-
tinuation of the Ani-malaya woods, and which lies between the
frontier and Colangodu, is about seven miles long, and nearly the
same in breadth. To the eastward of Pali-ghat there is another
extensive forest, and there is a long narrow space in the south-east
corner of the district. The hills toward the south are covered with
trees to the summit; while those toward the north, like all the
other Ghats extending from thence to the east, are naked on the
prominent parts, and only covered with trees in their recesses or
glens.
The forests here are divided into Puddles, each of which has its Puddies, or
boundary ascertained, and contains one or more families of a rude therude tribe-
tribe, called Malasir. Both the Puddy and its inhabitants are con- called Mala-
SZT*
sidered as the property of some landlord, who farms out the labour
of these poor people, with all that they collect, to some trader
(Chitty, or Manadi), who treats the Malasirs much in the same
manner as the Malypuddy of Ani-malaya does the rude tribes under
his authority, and receives from them nearly the same articles. In
fact, this is a most iniquitous mode of taxing the Malasir, and the
produce of it is a mere trifle. The most productive Puddy in the
whole district pays only four Rupees a year. A capitation tax on the