district, a good deal watered, partly wheat partly mustard. What is not watered Arahar and kulthi(1). Not much rice. All very fit for cultivation. The cattle in tolerable condition, not very numerous. Country as yesterday, still more plantations. Of the waste, 22 woods, 11 bushes, 41 deserted. Watch stopt. About 5 anas cultivated, very little rice, much watered land with wheat and mustard. What is not watered produces chiefly Arahar and Kulti. The soil sandy. Crops where watered very good. The waste all thorny bushes. The crops mostly rubbi and watered look very well. The waste, except S of broken corners, consists of stunted woods or high bushes. The soil good the whole way from the hills to the river. The crops good rice and Crops mostly rice and such Less rice, more rubbi, but (1) Dolichos biflorus, the Horse-gram, a leguminous pulse. (2) We should probably read " wheat ". which 27 are on little hills and 58 on level, but 12 of these are thin as if sprung up on deserted fields. Many cattle. I presume the people live chiefly by their milk. Perhaps equal quantities of rice and high ground cultivated. The rice in narrow winding valleys well supplied with water from springs and torrents; water still remaining in many parts. The high land in the vicinity of the villages mostly occupied with wheat or barley not watered nor very poor; some arahar. The whole perhaps gives a summer crop. A little ricinus (2). No mustard. I see some spots which have been cultivated with the plough after long fallows and sown in the rainy season, but the quantity altogether trifling. I passed through 3 little valleys fit for rice but entirely neglected and 7 partly occupied including Kerki and Lora, but even there the quantity might be much extended by reservoirs. Of the waste land, 22 parts are lawns with scattered Mango, Mohuya and Bot trees round the villages; 14 are open grass with а few spontaneous trees, and 84 are stunted woods. On the whole from what I saw 3 anas may be too steep for the plough, generally rock; 1 ana may be channels of torrents and rocks generally near their banks, and 12 anas may have a good soil mostly yellowish, in a few places red, 1 ana perhaps might be rendered fit for rice and the crops pretty certain. I saw about 20 buffaloes and cattle in full proportion to the extent of cultivation both in excellent condition. (1) Sanraki, which Buchanan spells in a variety of ways. (2) Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant. On the whole 8 anas too steep for the plough, 2 anas rocky and barren, 6 anas of a good soil; of the waste, 106 stunted woods, 3 thin woods, 31 scattered trees or lawns, mostly on a good soil cultivated after occasional fallows. A good Jany. 12th Alempur to Kurma. Jany. 13th Kurma to (1) Khisari, the "Chickling-vetch", Lathyrus sativus. (2) Saunf, Pimpinelia anisum. deal of deserted rice land among this. Much new rice land might be made by the rivers. On the whole 7 part(s) may be hilly, 15 parts more rocky or barren, 33 parts good. Of this 15 anas cultivated, of which part may be rice, rubbi, cleared spots in the woods. Of the waste, 56 are woods, 14} scattered trees in lawns near the villages, broken corners. A full proportion of cattle. A fine valley almost totally neglected. Of the waste, 86 parts woods mostly bamboos, 6 bushes, 8 clear, formerly occupied. The great crop rice. A good deal has failed, but not so much as usual in this country owing to the Ahars being rather better, and what has failed or is waste is entirely owing to the neglect of these, only ? had any water. A good deal of Kesari(1) and pease even among the stubble, which might have been the case every where else. Even the inside of the tanks in most places cultivated. Much rubbi watered, no sugar, much cotton. Of the waste, 7 broken corners, 15 deserted rice fields, 16 clear. Few plantations, many buffaloes. Near Saseram and Alumpur culti vation very fine. About 2 miles from Saseram the neglect begins and continues rather less than 4 miles. Much as yesterday, 2 tanks have this year been repaired. Less rubbi and a great deal of it not watered. Except Chana this is very poor. Where watered by the Koiri very rich; a good deal of anise (2) among this both yesterday and to-day. Of the waste, 5 broken corners and 16 deserted or fallow owing to want of water, 4 bushes, 1 stunted woods, very few plantations. All the cultivation rubbi: not watered. Crops poor, wheat, barley, But, Kulti. Jany. 17th Kurma Jany. 18th Jany. 19th The waste 1 broken corners, 1 deserted, 4 bushes, 25 stunted woods. The soil everywhere good, but some broken by torrents. The waste 3 broken, 11 bushes, mostly broken land near the Durgauti and unfit for cultivation 4 deserted, partly village partly rice, both clear. The waste 4 broken corners, 2 deserted rice fields, 16 clear, chiefly poor land near the hills, 10 bushes mostly near the hills. In both divisions the country nearly the same. Much rubbi, especially Chana, very little watered and the crops poor. The rice has been in general very poor, most of the Ahars having been neglected, but some are repaired this year. No Kesari except at Kujura, where some old tanks give a supply of water. They are now almost choked. A few palmiras among the trees, many of which are scattered through the fields and are not formed into clumps. Much Rubbi, little or none watered. Near Rupa much Arahar on land apparently newly reclaimed and rather swelling; crop good, finely fitted for Maize. A good deal of the rice has Kesar! among the stubble. Many Ahars, but none very large 2 fields of sugar near Kajura, the only ones I have seen in the district. Oxen very small; many buffaloes: a large herd of sheep. For about 2 thirds of the way was among the hills or along their skirts. The whole of the waste, except 2 of the broken corners, is in this space and consists of broken corners 9, clear 10, some of it broken banks of rivers, 26 bushes, some of it the same, wood 7. All to my right appeared a fully occupied country, and the villages large, numerous and better than usual, especially Bagwanpur and Rampur(1), which I saw at a little to my left. The whole crop there rubbi, very good without watering and much of the land seems to be newly taken in; much arahar and Chana. The last third of the way on the plain as fully occupied as possible. Mostly rice. More than a half has had a full supply of water and produces linseed and kesari among the stubble. The Ahars far from equal to those in Behar, and in some parts wretched. There much of the crop has failed. The inside of the Ahars and vicinity of villages, Rubbi not watered, not so good as near the two hills; some sugar, mills with stone mortars, cane very poor. Plantations moderate; many palmiras round Chayenpur. The waste land mere broken corners. Many of the Ahars good. Villages better than usual; some sugar cane. Most of the rice has linseed or Kesari among stubble. the Except at Mohaniya, where owing to the neglect of Ahars 8 are deserted, the country is everywhere cultivated as much as possible. Much rubbi not watered, and much of it good, es pecially pease. By far the greater part of the rice has Kesari among it. Many Ahars and tanks still retain water. Many repairing and new making. At 3 villages much sugar cane. A little watered near villages. Tobacco, vegetables and poppy the most valuable crops. Few plantations, but enough to satisfy the eye. Villages numerous, better than usual in this district. Fully as many cattle, cow buffaloes, sheep and swine as where there is much waste. Irrigation much neglected. Most of the tanks in decay: very little of the rice therefore has kesari, and a great deal has failed. Very little of the rubbi near the villages watered from wells. The crops however tolerable, wheat, barley, Mosuri, flax and Chana chiefly. rivers neglected, Journal. Many of the inside of the tanks waste. A The see |