Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ers In-dia, he finds himself in the land ofspices. True, the air is L , Abundance and not yet burdened, as in distribution ofCeylon and the Celebes,with the almost oppressive odors whichspring from the groves and native woodsof the tropical islands; but the Indianspices are abundant and fragrant. Theprincipal of these products are the chili,or cayenne pepper, the turmeric, ginger,coriander, aniseed, and black cumi
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ers In-dia, he finds himself in the land ofspices. True, the air is L , Abundance and not yet burdened, as in distribution ofCeylon and the Celebes,with the almost oppressive odors whichspring from the groves and native woodsof the tropical islands; but the Indianspices are abundant and fragrant. Theprincipal of these products are the chili,or cayenne pepper, the turmeric, ginger,coriander, aniseed, and black is mostly produced along thewestern shores of Southern India, in theregion known as the Malabar spice called cardamon belongs tothe same locality, but is also producedin Nepal. Betel nuts are grown in thedeltas of Lower Bengal and in otherparts of Southern India. In all the more tropical parts of thecountry the palm flourishes. Dates havebeen plentiful from time varieties are found : the true date, 702 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the palmyra, and the bastard. From thelast named is manufactured the Jaggerysugar of commerce ; also an intoxicating. COOLIES AT THE COTTON MARKET IN BOMBAY. liquor, which is doubtless identical with Varieties of that described by Xenophonin the Anabasis. The truedate flourishes in Sindh and the lower districts of the Punjab. Along the western coast of India the dates; sugarand the sugarmanufacture. cocoanut is not only plentiful, but abun-dant, ranking as a product next in valueto rice. Sugar is produced not only from the bastarddate palm, butalso from sugarcane, which flour-ish e s in theNorthwest prov-inces. It requiresirrigation, how-ever, and is other-wise expensive inproduction. Themanufacture ofsugar has re-mained in the un-skillful hands ofthe natives untilin recent times,when facilities formaking it havebeen produced Madras presi-dency and in My-sore. The cottoaplant is also a na-tive of India. Ithas been
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