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Narwully, Cordia monoica, Roxb. — Ropes are made of its bark. The fruit isefculent, but taftelefs.
Cambi, Gardenia.
Hay Cambi, Gardenia latifolia, Roxb . — Thefe two trees are ufelefs.
Mara harulu, Jatropha curcas. — Its feed is collected for lamp oil. The driedItems anfwer excellently for match, as they burn flowly, and without flame.
Gheru, Anacardium femecarpus. — The fruit ufed in medicine, and for markinglinen. The timber is ufelefs.
Mudali, Ochna fuquarrofa. — A beautiful but ufelefs tree.
Nelli, Phyllanthus emblica. — The timber is bad, yet the poor ufe it for beams andrafters. The fruit is pickled.
Cacay, Caflia fiftula.—Ufed in religious ceremonies.
Chillu, Strychnos potatorum Koenigii. — The timber ufelefs. The ufe of the fruit,in cleaning water, is known to the natives.
It muff be obferved, that the account I have given of the qualities of the timbertrees is derived from the natives. I have had no opportunity yet of afcertaining theirnature by experiments: but I have procured fpecimens of mod of them ; and fromthefe fpecimens their real qualities may be hereafter determined. For this purpofe,they have been tranfmitted to the Honorable Court of Directors, in whole Mufeumthey have been depofited.
20th June. — In the morning I went to Taveri-caray, by a road palling the wholeway through woods. I faw only one fmall village, which was occupied by ironfmelters, and furrounded by a little cultivated land. The country round Taveri-carayis well cleared, and feetns to have fuffered little from the wars.
It is faid, that in the great forefts round Savana-durga, there is a fmall animal calledthe Ihin-nai, or red-dog, which fallens itfelf by furprife on the neck of the tiger,and kills him. On this account the tiger is not fo common in thefe large forefts, asin the fmaller woods. The Ihin-nai is quite diftinCt from the wild-dog, which is faidto be very common here, to grow to a large fize, and to be very deftructive to Iheep.By this wild dog the natives probably mean the wolf. I have feen native drawings ofthe Ihin-nai, which appear to reprefent an animal not yet defcribed.
21 ft June. — I went from Taveri-caray to Bangalore . Much of the country iscovered with bulhes, and conlifts of a very poor foil. The greater part of thearable lands near Bangalore are cultivated: but at fome diftance from it many fieldsare wafte, owing to a want of people.
FROM the 2ad of June until the fecond of July I remained at Bangalore , orBangaluru ; a city which was founded by Hyder, and which, during the judiciousgovernment of that Prince, became a place of importance. Its trade was then great,and its manufactures numerous. Tippoo began its misfortunes by prohibiting thetrade with the dominions of Arcot and Hyderabad , becaufe he detefted the powersgoverning both countries. He then lent large quantities of goods, which he forcedthe merchants to take at a high rate. Thefe opprefiions had greatly injured theplace ; but it was Hill populous, and many individuals were rich, when Lord Corn-wallis arrived before it, with his army in great diftrefs from want of provifions. Thisreduced him to the neceflity of giving the afiault immediately, and the town was of
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