rof a small embankment i-of-about-a foot -in*1, (height.[\On-the.’ slopes- óf
.the mountains, ywhere/,this .»modéjpof ^cultivation is chiefly found,» tbege.fields
arc carried gradually aboveieach,otherjih:sojmanyJ\rterrac]es,a}fq:r,cS(ihe 'purpose
.of irrigation? -the' water, admitted; inxth&j upper :terracertinundS,ting; each óf
.them in its,descent.: y£h& ;têgal- lands- are - appropriated* to -.'the culture'"of
Jess important- crops,- such as the- mountain rice, ‘Indian cor-n, -&c.- vu
yThe.vast superiority ipfi-the scewah, or wet cultivation,-tpy.er^that-.of tégdl,
,Qr,.dry,:is!-shewn, in their relative.produce,' and -may -be stilbfurther illustrate
dehy a comparison,* of stbe; rents which thetwo-descripfcions’ of-land' are
. calculated„to . afford- - The quantity ofrÉsgaL-landjflor'land fit/for xnaize,: as
.compared with that of scewah land* -varies indifferent ..districts; ’In flhéribo'n,
.the tégal.land, by the.,late survey, amounted;.öïily to/Jhlspls whilu^theiSdtuuA
,exceeded.löiöOCL {In :*5^?ü3cthe.proportions were even.Vmore .widely^varied,
ithe .numherTof jungsybfjtiie. formerr tovthe. -latter being as- 8Q4 i'to ‘11,445.
.Ins&wiahdya-.they, wore as 1*356 totrl7,S97 jdn ' Kedü -and JBesdki.they ypere
nearLymqual,..being respectively as -8,295-to 10*7.57, and as, JI/§69rto’7,;8§gf.
- _Tbe; succhssion&oftcrops, -.next .to the^cility of Irrigation* ( dqperfds'upofi
dhe -quality, of-the’isoil, .which in the native.,proyinces. is div-ided-fhyj'th’ëiMSj-
.tivatofS into, .thi-ee, principal kinds, tana ladu, tana Imchqd, ‘and tana pdsir.
The first is the bést, consisting of rich vegetable mould,-^and a certain proportion
of sand*';and ^exists chiefly near the banks-of large rrgersjj+i the
^second is almost .pure clay*.-and is found in th’ecentral plainsanff thethird
is alluvial, and hovers the maritime, districts. fThe -term^padgs pgifengdis'
.applied tó - the oblique tracts enriched with a fertile mould, which form -the
acclivities of hills,, .-and from which the water readily disappears.' t&Sjdna
iddu willbéaiva constant; succession of-, crops/ - 3j^iazlinch(M\^iëldSVbhly a
jingle annual crop-jof, rice > during the rainy season the soikuohstitUtes a
stiff mud,-in which.tbe plants find the rëquisite^moisture anchdisplay all their
luxuriance; when it is afterwards exposed to .the rays- Of -the sun,‘ it, hursts’
into extensive fissures, which admitting, the scorching-; heat by which' they
.vpere '.produced,; become detrimental to every species; a
'^Besides, the annual, crop ofriGe which is raised on the mwah lapds,->'a-variety
Qf plan.ts.are raisèff upón-.them-ias'-a second or light crop within the same year.
Among, these are: several speeiesj of; kdchang or bean,* the.cottbfi plantfbth'e
indigo; and: a; variety, of cucumbers,-. &c. But’ the=_.mhre: generally Useful
and, profitable: vegetables? require nearly*the-* same'period- as^the'ri<jfe,i1 and
only yield.'thèiti increase onlce in a season : they, mostly grow in situations,
on
on which the- supply. of water, can be regulated,- and,a continued- inundation
preyentediuxAoadngtthe most- important 'arentheh|gz&fe'; kdchang 'pendeny or
kactiang'1 ijik or>Indian.cornedjagung chdntel,
'juii)d-xiodt,.jdl%' 'm^en^jdkwik or palma. christiji M^ongy 1 and' kentangy'ema.
In l a n d ^ f lb i g h - s i t j ^ t i g n s a partio$-lbxrmetho,d of planting'isJsom'e^
.tiriies praetic^^^hiyhcprcid&iihs .a; resplttsimilar,.topra'"Succession of dropsi
[Together.with; tmfece i affeu d^posi|ed 'tBp^-s.eeHsT off othecivegetableS, - which
jamve-feqV maturity at djfljefcenli periods,, ^chiefly ^aftewlfejaice-!harv.e'sti* tc The
tmb'sticommon!.andvUseful;amuj)g;t^esqiisi53h|tpnij-.and, in.so'me;tracts, great
*q(ianjta®S3iof .this ysaln&hka prdducl-iSii.fhusr0h±ainedj;hwithdut- any exclusive
}aU(|fmentmfd|ie1sqil^f -Next/toithis are;varip,us* leguprinops and other plants,
.which, dadnotj interfere -withsf^iJ’ice^Mi No, f, less,-/ than, six 'dyueight^kinds' <jf
tvdget-aWes-iareisometimeS'in this manner" seen to;sfioot up promiscUeiusly'in
jr'gpice^b'owevefi'asjhas been, fepbatedly i --observed# is'ithn grand^staple 6f Rlce cdth»*
Ja^aripfa's well, as Indian eultivatibn, and to thrsre.v’ery?bther3-species^f*Thus£-
bahdry?is|&ulfoj*di,nateiS JTheuadjacenfc> islands :andsstat'e%of Silmatra, -> Malacca,
Bornebj-feGelehes;.. andBlm^Moloccas', *<>haye always'/in a great-measufe’-
,&epended: on«tbeiJayanacultivatorifor their Supply?! andt the' Dhtch'werehri
\thelfhp^BCo£ itranspdrting an -’annual Iquafetityl oft. Between - six^'and 'eight
tthdusand»tdns«td:^gten,' toe ,Gb|-orhandel, to:*the -Cape) and their^^'otheft-
rset'tlefnentsi-WiSffi^fcat the low rate/at"w^l^itegeherallyss'elfej*^a%^1i§if&'e<<>f
ffitearsfofeMllisns^fti^p^^i^abbhti^pplavrflli^n1 i sferiing,-' has1 been 'estimated,
as :the- government portion, ofvits annuaUprodub
'i^^^ccojdjngKd^the^mqcL^S vofi-'eultivatioh- by which it has'been rbafdd;* this
gtMnrisyc£iled^p^?itea®aA;roriparj 'gaga,- corresponding with febihd-e^cep'-.
/fion^’#b*feeup^j*5ffla)ffl^and pddi ifldawgsdfySumatlh?r Indffir-westdrnj' add
-particularly i thei.SMW^aylistricts,-* ’thet termj gdgajis l change'd'^fo^G
! temyg<%i4ri^th@bsfdistripts,i; beidgsorilyiroccasiohallyi applied to“ thd' grain
KVvhichjigicultiyated on.ne'wly cleared mountainbua<Jspbtsjibp
i^tThedow land and the mountain rice, or 'mo|e ^cbfrdctly speaking,‘itH.^rifee
raised inldryi -laiidsiand ithe .rice raisedrinjands, subjeoted-tounuridStidn; ■ are’
■ varieties;of the. same? spediesi(the; oriza.satiyarofi« Linnasus*)’aithough‘bbthl-rdf
<tWm«a]3e*permanent:: but'.fhe:rice?plarited*'on Jte-mountainoa^or: dsy ’gfoiinff
--pdesTndfethriveion irrigated, lands,;. nor,'pmthescanttaiy;tdbesfthe*s<3&a/f'ri:cfe
?su‘cceedi'on.lands beyond:.thq’teach?&f ‘iy|igation.;;:dfhe.-mduntainiriGe-isi‘sunr.-
iposb'd to contain1 in the same bulk'more nourishment than the-other,’ and is
more