Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . In-dia, he finds himself in the land ofspices. True, the air is Abundance and not yet burdened, as in distribution ofCeylon and the Celebes, ^^p^^s-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 mos
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . In-dia, he finds himself in the land ofspices. True, the air is Abundance and not yet burdened, as in distribution ofCeylon and the Celebes, ^^p^^s-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 liquor, which is doubtless identical withTarieties of that described by Xenophonin the Anabasis. The trueflourishes in Sindhand the lower districts of the the western coast of India the dates; sugarand the sugarmanufacture. date cocoanut is not only plentiful, but abun-dant, ranking as a product next in valueto rice. vSugar is produced not onlytiom the bastarddate palm, butalso from sugarcane, which flour-ishes in theNorthwest prov-mces. It requires11 ligation, how-e\ er, and is other-^Mse expensive inpioduction. Themanufacture ofsugar has re-in lined in the un---killful hands ofthe natives untilm recent times,^^hen facilities formaking it havebeen produced inthe Madras presi-dtncy and in My-sLiie. The cottonplant is also a na-tive of India. Ithas been foundfrom the earliestti
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