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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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long unsettled state of Cotioti, and the calamities which it has suf- CHAPTER
fered, would account tor its being at present almost waste ; but it \J^1,
is said, that, even before these troubles commenced, not above one- Jan. 11.
fifth part of it was cultivated. Indeed, its calamities are in a great
measure owing to its forests having encouraged the natives to
make an ill judged resistance against their invaders. Irvenaad has
not been disturbed, and about four-fifths of the whole are now
cultivated.
Wherever the ground is not cultivated, there are stately forests; Forests.
but the produce of these is of very little value. About 20 Maunds
(640 lb.) of honey, and half that quantity of wax, are annually pro-
curable. Lac, and some Sapan wood, are to be found; but they are
very scarce. The bark taken from the root of a wild Jack tree
(Artocarpus), called Cat Pilawa, is used among the natives as a
brownish red dye, but is not exported. A few trees of sandal may
be seen, as in other parts of Malabar ; but their wood has little or
no smeil, and cannot be sold. The quantity of ginger, and Casturi
turmeric, growing wild in the forests, cannot be ascertained; that
of the last is pretty considerable. The Cassia is in plenty. The
quantity of timber trees procurable in one year, including Teak,
Poon (Calophyllum), and Viti (Pterocarpus), does not exceed three
or four hundred. The timber of the other forest trees is not
saleable.
No metals have been discovered in these districts. Mines.
In Cotiote no attempt has been made to ascertain the extent of Rice-ground.
Dhanmurry, or rice-ground ; and by far the greater part of what
is fit for the purpose is covered with forests. The Dhanmurry of
Irvenaad contains as much as will sow 150,000 Edangallies of seed,
and may amount to almost one-third of the country. Mr. Wilson
estimates, that 10 Edangallies of seed will sow a field of 40 rolls
square, each roll equal to 28 English inches : at this rate, the
quantity of seed for an acre will be two bushels and a half; the
541
long unsettled state of Cotioti, and the calamities which it has suf- CHAPTER
fered, would account tor its being at present almost waste ; but it \J^1,
is said, that, even before these troubles commenced, not above one- Jan. 11.
fifth part of it was cultivated. Indeed, its calamities are in a great
measure owing to its forests having encouraged the natives to
make an ill judged resistance against their invaders. Irvenaad has
not been disturbed, and about four-fifths of the whole are now
cultivated.
Wherever the ground is not cultivated, there are stately forests; Forests.
but the produce of these is of very little value. About 20 Maunds
(640 lb.) of honey, and half that quantity of wax, are annually pro-
curable. Lac, and some Sapan wood, are to be found; but they are
very scarce. The bark taken from the root of a wild Jack tree
(Artocarpus), called Cat Pilawa, is used among the natives as a
brownish red dye, but is not exported. A few trees of sandal may
be seen, as in other parts of Malabar ; but their wood has little or
no smeil, and cannot be sold. The quantity of ginger, and Casturi
turmeric, growing wild in the forests, cannot be ascertained; that
of the last is pretty considerable. The Cassia is in plenty. The
quantity of timber trees procurable in one year, including Teak,
Poon (Calophyllum), and Viti (Pterocarpus), does not exceed three
or four hundred. The timber of the other forest trees is not
saleable.
No metals have been discovered in these districts. Mines.
In Cotiote no attempt has been made to ascertain the extent of Rice-ground.
Dhanmurry, or rice-ground ; and by far the greater part of what
is fit for the purpose is covered with forests. The Dhanmurry of
Irvenaad contains as much as will sow 150,000 Edangallies of seed,
and may amount to almost one-third of the country. Mr. Wilson
estimates, that 10 Edangallies of seed will sow a field of 40 rolls
square, each roll equal to 28 English inches : at this rate, the
quantity of seed for an acre will be two bushels and a half; the