pletely drenched,'' it is always necessary- -to have the fields embanked
and prepared by the commencement èf l^ae. rainy se'ason.
Thëy usually sow in Julyu arid. August, and reap in fiebruaryjj
although , when ( proper advantage is taken .oE.the monsoons, they
have often two crops a year. As from thejmannér in which
their- lands are held, it is necessary -for them dq-'clear t'lïe
whole c®elds at onée, thèy * ató cvery^oEirefui • toomaariagè/dtïftsa
that their whole crop;-of vrièe may be ripe ^;/$tpbri&e time:
In bringing this about, .they are, particularly -Jdextéróus, and
though they may have several kinds sown, whichmaturally ripen
at -different periods; yet/ihy thé l manner . of sowing and-»the
quantity Of water which they introduce, fchejfrcmitBiye eta*,make
the whole crop advance cequally.' When fhet ricé/ is^ptetfy»well
grown up, the different embankments are laid, ! open, and fu§§
rows -at f the same- timfiïfaré/idrawnl toricarryemff dfeectwatoifi
When' ifcdö- arrived; at. matririty, i instead öéf Reaping
ing to . the European custom, they-pull it- up by »thWavootS;
and then lay ft! out to dry. .Themeelis -trodden„by ®èen3-,to
separate-At: from-^he/straw, '-and is afterwards ib^L-tefi^to^Ttakq
off thehusk.
Wftet^VitHe^rrke fields lie on q:-declivity^ yer-yagyejatl art and
labour are employed to make them .retain the water! F o r'tftp
purpo:fe /they are laid outbinunarroVi/ slips one.' -oyer,the, f-otljep*
and'; each secured byza separate embankment, so a^)tO -.remind,
one ofi a flight t of stairs-:i The vhigheru parts arj^firstaflpkdeftj:'
and the -water .-overflowing them: proceeds successively to. ..those
below. Where the water is not -easily dispersed-- t0,yer < them,(-;©r
cannot ’ afterwards, be re a lly . renMved,loit| isf:iftual itOjemploy
scoops -for these purposes. The embankments. consist; of mud-
wails, three feet high, t formed with great neatness,* j seraJing-ffor
|f o ° t paths to , the .people employed in the culture' of the rice
who ,woi4dftg|erwise ,b p ,,o b lig a to wade knee-d|ep in mud and’
w a te S ti
Tft^jfloodmg ofrthe ^ irfie J d s ^ ttra c ts a/terfible enemy in
^igritqp,« st6al in .unperleived,
auft |pnceal,||imself among thefemb^nkments. -The Ijdativeslhre
pa this a c c ^ ^ f t ^ ; ^ e r y , nrucftnwWmedV'^vanddstearch with'
g^eat c a p ^ b ^ p .^ h e y .^ n f tu re among ;ther ftiud, and wn&r..^
tip& rfh iv aterisAyerajy.dthei;
in8^ Wil- ^ I ^ . q r t f e ||i g t ; a i n SIl which,-the hatkds
Jr?fq ^ f t t l y ; ^ p c q u n , f c | ^ f t , squiring,t fess.jjtaf er.1 What,
Sajlfd paddy is an yejy^nnftfljnto grain. Coroeam
our ,mustard,-, which %ys-heafe ip,
f t* | | | | ^ « Jis,,;a.!;ve0 KlPiSifie g r ^ ‘
and hardly requires '.any qifttiyatipn., I t require^ »first do -be
P ^ he, 4 - . a n d .theq.bpaiten in a anprtar,,, in order,to
be yphii^ed., ^ .ffte n ; ^ ^ e d ^ t..s h e lls ey^morg*. than -rieo-i
M m m d* y ^ 1 1 1 1 1 wholesome^ L } , ' ' S i . 1 f r J
x x £