A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, Performed Under the Orders of the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the Express Purpose of Investigating the State of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerc
A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, Performed Under the Orders of the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the Express Purpose of Investigating the State of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerc
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...yesterday; and in every village there are many ruinous houses. The soil is rather poor, but the fields are well fenced. The Noyel is a river very inferior to the Bhawani, and was easily fordable, although much swollen by a very heavy rain that lasted all night. On crossing this river, I entered the district under Mr. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...yesterday; and in every village there are many ruinous houses. The soil is rather poor, but the fields are well fenced. The Noyel is a river very inferior to the Bhawani, and was easily fordable, although much swollen by a very heavy rain that lasted all night. On crossing this river, I entered the district under Mr. Hurdis. Tripura is an open town, containing three hundred houses, with a large weekly market or fair. I observed, that the women here did not conceal themselves when their curiosity prompted them to view me as a stranger. This is also the case in all the country above the Ghats; but in the part of Coimbetore north from the Noyel river, the women in general ran out of my way, and satisfied their curiosity by peeping from behind walls and hedges, as is usual in the country of Bengal. The Tahsildar of this district resides at a place called Polar, where there is a fort, but only thirty houses, of which fifteen are inhabited by Brahmans. The district is fifteen Malabar hours' CHAPTER journey from north to south, and twelve from east to west. The v./ Tahsildar met me with great readiness, to give me an account of Nov 3his district. He says, that none of it is absolutely waste; as the fields that are not cultivated pay a trifle as a rent for grass. The country suffered little during the invasion of General Meadows, as it lay at some distance from the routes of the contending armies. Last year many of their cattle died of the epidemic distemper. The land-measure differs every where in the province under Mr. Land-meaHurdis; and all the revenue accompts are kept according to an old measurement made by Chica DSva Raya. In this district no less than three different land-measures prevail. 1st, at Polar, thirtytwo Vaums or fathoms make one Russy, Caur, or c...
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