Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham
CHAPTER XXVII.
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THE MAHABALESHWUR HILLS AND THE DECCAN.
Journey from Bombay to Malcolm-penth--The Mahabaleshwur hills--The
village and its temples--Elevation of the hills--Formation--Soil
--Climate--Vegetation--Sites for chinchona-plantations--Paunchgunny
--Waee--Its temples--The babool-tree--Shirwul--The village system
--Village officials--Barra-balloota--Cultivators--Festivals--Crops
and harvests--Poona--The Bhore ghaut--Return to Bombay 458
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. introduction into India. This important measure has now been crowned
3. CHAPTER I.
4. CHAPTER II.
5. CHAPTER III.
6. INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA.
7. CHAPTER V.
8. CHAPTER VI.
9. CHAPTER VII.
10. CHAPTER VIII.
11. CHAPTER IX.
12. CHAPTER X.
13. CHAPTER XI.
14. CHAPTER XII.
15. CHAPTER XIII.
16. CHAPTER XIV.
17. CHAPTER XV.
18. CHAPTER XVI.
19. CHAPTER XVII.
20. CHAPTER XVIII.
21. CHAPTER XIX.
22. CHAPTER XX.
23. CHAPTER XXI.
24. CHAPTER XXII.
25. CHAPTER XXIII.
26. CHAPTER XXIV.
27. CHAPTER XXV.
28. CHAPTER XXVI.
29. CHAPTER XXVII.
30. CHAPTER XXVIII.
31. CHAPTER XXIX.
32. CHAPTER I.
33. CHAPTER II.
34. CHAPTER III.
35. INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA.
36. introduction into India of a plant the inestimable value of which had
37. CHAPTER V.
38. CHAPTER VI.
39. CHAPTER VII.
40. CHAPTER VIII.
41. CHAPTER IX.
42. 1780. The Inca, on pretence that some person had arrived at his house
43. CHAPTER X.
44. CHAPTER XI.
45. 1771. He must have been possessed of enormous wealth, to have enabled
46. CHAPTER XII.
47. CHAPTER XIII.
48. CHAPTER XIV.
49. CHAPTER XV.
50. CHAPTER XVI.
51. CHAPTER XVII.
52. CHAPTER XVIII.
53. CHAPTER XIX.
54. CHAPTER XX.
55. CHAPTER XXI.
56. CHAPTER XXII.
57. CHAPTER XXIII.
58. 1860. in 7 months,
59. CHAPTER XXIV.
60. CHAPTER XXV.
61. CHAPTER XXVI.
62. CHAPTER XXVII.
63. CHAPTER XXVIII.
64. 1861. In exchange for these plants a supply of _C. succirubræ_, and a
65. CHAPTER XXIX.
66. 1857. | | | | |
67. 1820. Died at St. John's, New Brunswick.
68. 19. C. HIRSUTA (_Ruiz and Pavon_) N. Peru.
69. 6. _C. magnifolia_ {( " _flor de Azahar_).
70. 7. _C. glandulifera_ ( " _negrilla_).
71. 1815. (1 tom. 4°, 112 paginas).
72. 441. A very illegible manuscript in the national library at Madrid.
73. 1850. Bustamante says that, at the time of his visit, there were a
74. 2. Mr. Spruce's _Report to the Under Secretary of State for India_,
75. 3. _Report of the Expedition to procure Plants and Seeds of the
76. 1. Very characteristic specimens of the bark, leaves, flowers, and
77. 2. Bark, leaves, and flowers of _C. crispa_, Tafalla, a kind which is
78. 3. Bark and leaves of _C. Lucumæfolia_ of Pavon, from Zamora. This
79. 1847. Also, Caldwell's _Comparative Dravidian Grammar_. The German
80. 1. _Memoir of the Varagherry Hills_, by Capt. B. S. Ward, _Madras
81. 2. _Observations on the Pulney Mountains_, by Dr. Wight, _Madras
82. 3. _Report on the Pulneys_, by Lieut. R. H. Beddome, _Madras Journal_,
83. 4. Sir Charles Trevelyan's _Official Tour in the South of India_.
84. 1. _Setaria Italica_, called _tennay_ in Tamil, and _samee_ by the
85. 2. _Panicum Miliaceum_, called _varagoo_ on the Pulney hills, and
86. 3. _Panicum pilosum_, or _badlee_, will grow in the worst soil, but is
87. 4. _Cynosurus corocanus_, or _ragee_, is a very prolific grain, and
88. 5. _Holcus spicatus_, or spiked millet, called _cumboo_ in Madras, and
89. 6. _Sorghum vulgare_, or great millet, called _cholum_ in Madras, and
90. 7. _Sesamum Indicum_, or gingelee oil-plant, called _till_ in the
91. 1. _Cicer arietinum_, or Bengal gram, the seeds of which are eaten, and
92. 2. _Dolichos unifloris_, or horse gram, with grey seeds, used for
93. 3. _Dolichos sinensis_, or _lobia_, a twining annual, with large pale
94. 4. _Cajanus Indicus_, pigeon-pea, or _toor_. A shrub three to six feet
95. 5. _Phaseolus mungo_, black gram, or _moong_. A nearly erect, hairy
96. 6. _Phaseolus rostratus_, or _hullounda_, a twining plant, with large,
97. 8. _Lablab cultratus_, a twining plant, with white, red, or purple
98. 9. _Dolichos lablab_, or _bulla_, a twining plant of which there are
99. 10. _Botanical Descriptions of Species of Chinchonæ now growing in
100. 1854. On the 31st of December, 1860, they had of
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