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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 271
through the Mysore Rctjas territories, although I received no proper CHAPTER
account of the specific quantity. vjrv^y
The grain measure in every village is different; and even in Na- March25.
gara, that which the cultivators use is different from that by which sure>
grain is sold in the market. The Sida, or Cucha Seer of 20^ cubical
inches, is however the foundation of both.
The Colaga of the farmers contains 183^%- cubical inches. The
Candaca of £0 Colagas is, therefore, equal to nearly 1TV bushel. The
market measure is a third larger.
The climate here is nearly the same with that of Sudha. In the Climate and
day-time the winds, at present, are pretty strong from the west-
ward. The same plants that one month ago were in flower, when I
was at Kunda-pura in the same latitude, are now coming into flower
here; the difference of elevation making this climate a month
later than that of the sea-coast. It is remarkable, that in many
parts of India, during March and April, there are on shore strong
winds blowing directly from the sea; while in the offing it is a
perfect calm. Thus in Bengal there are, at that season, very strong
southerly winds; while in the bay calms prevail until May or June.
On the coast of Malabar, the south-west monsoon does not com-
mence blowing with strength until the beginning of the rainy
season; but on shore there are strong westerly winds from about
the vernal equinox.
The ground levelled for the cultivation of wet crops is here called Lowlands,
Gudday, and is not subdivided into different kinds. The bottoms of
vallies only are levelled, and are chiefly watered by the rain; but
there are also some small reservoirs, from which a few days supply
can be obtained in the rainy season, when there happens to be no
fall for eight or ten days. For the same purpose, the water of some
rivulets is turned into channels by dams; but irrigation is much
neglected ; and although in many places the rivulets are perennial,
the farmers do not endeavour to take two crops in one year. The
only crops taken from watered ground are rice and sugar-cane.
through the Mysore Rctjas territories, although I received no proper CHAPTER
account of the specific quantity. vjrv^y
The grain measure in every village is different; and even in Na- March25.
gara, that which the cultivators use is different from that by which sure>
grain is sold in the market. The Sida, or Cucha Seer of 20^ cubical
inches, is however the foundation of both.
The Colaga of the farmers contains 183^%- cubical inches. The
Candaca of £0 Colagas is, therefore, equal to nearly 1TV bushel. The
market measure is a third larger.
The climate here is nearly the same with that of Sudha. In the Climate and
day-time the winds, at present, are pretty strong from the west-
ward. The same plants that one month ago were in flower, when I
was at Kunda-pura in the same latitude, are now coming into flower
here; the difference of elevation making this climate a month
later than that of the sea-coast. It is remarkable, that in many
parts of India, during March and April, there are on shore strong
winds blowing directly from the sea; while in the offing it is a
perfect calm. Thus in Bengal there are, at that season, very strong
southerly winds; while in the bay calms prevail until May or June.
On the coast of Malabar, the south-west monsoon does not com-
mence blowing with strength until the beginning of the rainy
season; but on shore there are strong westerly winds from about
the vernal equinox.
The ground levelled for the cultivation of wet crops is here called Lowlands,
Gudday, and is not subdivided into different kinds. The bottoms of
vallies only are levelled, and are chiefly watered by the rain; but
there are also some small reservoirs, from which a few days supply
can be obtained in the rainy season, when there happens to be no
fall for eight or ten days. For the same purpose, the water of some
rivulets is turned into channels by dams; but irrigation is much
neglected ; and although in many places the rivulets are perennial,
the farmers do not endeavour to take two crops in one year. The
only crops taken from watered ground are rice and sugar-cane.