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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
46s
maturity, they are pinched off by the fingers, placed on a mat, and CHAPTER
rubbed with the hands and feet, until the berries separate from the t^-v^O
stem. These are then spread out on mats, so that one does not lie Dec*23,
upon another, and are dried two, or at the most three days in the
sun; while at night they are collected in earthen jars, to keep them
from the dew. The pepper is then put up in mat-bags, containing
from 2 to 4 Tolams, or from 64 to 128 lb., and is fit for sale. The
whole cost attending this process seems to be very trifling; and I
have no doubt of Mr. Smee's allowance, of one-ninth of the pro-
duce, being fully adequate to defray the annual expense. The ori-
ginal cost of planting can hardly be brought to an accompt, it is
so small. What is intended for white pepper, is allowed to become
quite ripe. The berries are then red, and, the pulp being washed
off, the white seed is dried for sale. The vines in this case are very
apt to die, and in this province little or none is now made.
The soil most esteemed here for pepper is red, and contains small Tenures of
stones. When a man wants to make a garden, he gives on a mort- PePPer Sar*
gage bond (Cuey Canum) from 15 to 40 Fanams to the landlord for
three Poray-candums of a proper soil; and pays annually one Fanam
for each Poray-candum, should he raise nothing in his garden but
ginger, turmeric, plantains, Mangoes, or the like: but out of this
the landlord pays the tax. Should the mortgagee plant any Jack,
Betel-nut, or coco-nut trees, or pepper vines, as soon as these come
into bearing, he must give an eighth part of the produce to the
landlord, and pay the land-tax, which on pepper vines is 3 Fanams
for every tree. This is only to be understood of the largest trees,
supporting ten or twelve pepper vines. In the revenue accompts,
a sufficient number of smaller trees are written as one, to make the
tax equable, and not heavier than at the rate of three Fanams for a
tree of the best quality. The three Fanams paid for the land-tax
are new, of which 3-} are equal to 1—j Rupee. But all other Fanams
mentioned among the farmers are old, and equal to £ Rupee.
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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
46s
maturity, they are pinched off by the fingers, placed on a mat, and CHAPTER
rubbed with the hands and feet, until the berries separate from the t^-v^O
stem. These are then spread out on mats, so that one does not lie Dec*23,
upon another, and are dried two, or at the most three days in the
sun; while at night they are collected in earthen jars, to keep them
from the dew. The pepper is then put up in mat-bags, containing
from 2 to 4 Tolams, or from 64 to 128 lb., and is fit for sale. The
whole cost attending this process seems to be very trifling; and I
have no doubt of Mr. Smee's allowance, of one-ninth of the pro-
duce, being fully adequate to defray the annual expense. The ori-
ginal cost of planting can hardly be brought to an accompt, it is
so small. What is intended for white pepper, is allowed to become
quite ripe. The berries are then red, and, the pulp being washed
off, the white seed is dried for sale. The vines in this case are very
apt to die, and in this province little or none is now made.
The soil most esteemed here for pepper is red, and contains small Tenures of
stones. When a man wants to make a garden, he gives on a mort- PePPer Sar*
gage bond (Cuey Canum) from 15 to 40 Fanams to the landlord for
three Poray-candums of a proper soil; and pays annually one Fanam
for each Poray-candum, should he raise nothing in his garden but
ginger, turmeric, plantains, Mangoes, or the like: but out of this
the landlord pays the tax. Should the mortgagee plant any Jack,
Betel-nut, or coco-nut trees, or pepper vines, as soon as these come
into bearing, he must give an eighth part of the produce to the
landlord, and pay the land-tax, which on pepper vines is 3 Fanams
for every tree. This is only to be understood of the largest trees,
supporting ten or twelve pepper vines. In the revenue accompts,
a sufficient number of smaller trees are written as one, to make the
tax equable, and not heavier than at the rate of three Fanams for a
tree of the best quality. The three Fanams paid for the land-tax
are new, of which 3-} are equal to 1—j Rupee. But all other Fanams
mentioned among the farmers are old, and equal to £ Rupee.
Vol. II. 3 O
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