. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. Indian Flongh. In Indian cultivation, the greatest atttention is requisite in irrigating the soil,the water for which is raised from wells by a simple mill constructed by thenatives for that purpose, and is worked by oxen, which walk round a circle,in the same manner as horse-power is sometimes used in this country. Theranges of buckets are, by this means set in motion, and have been so con-structed, that they turn over when they reach the top, and pour their con-tents into a trough, by w
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. Indian Flongh. In Indian cultivation, the greatest atttention is requisite in irrigating the soil,the water for which is raised from wells by a simple mill constructed by thenatives for that purpose, and is worked by oxen, which walk round a circle,in the same manner as horse-power is sometimes used in this country. Theranges of buckets are, by this means set in motion, and have been so con-structed, that they turn over when they reach the top, and pour their con-tents into a trough, by which the water is conveyed to any distance buckets then come down empty, in order to be refilled from the wellbeneath. r580 INDIA, HISTORICAL AND Machine for Drawing Water for Irrigating Land. Among the numerous and valuable products of Hindostan, is the indigo-plant, which is cultivated to a great extent in Bengal, where there are fromthree to four hundred indigo factories, some of which belong to natives, butthe greater number to Europeans. The indigo factors are, in general, verywealthy, as the trade has much increased since the revolution in St. Domingo,which used to supply all Europe with that commodity. It is now exportedfrom Bengal in large quantities, to France, Holland, and Germany. Sugar, which is used by the Hindus in almost everything they eat ordrink, is so generally cultivated, that almost every village has its little plan-tation of sugar-cane, and a coarse kind of sugar is also extracted from thepalmyra, and cocoa-nut tree. Sugar is produced in nearly every part ofHindostan, but that of Bengal is the best, and its manufacture is carried onlargely at Benares. Another staple commodity is tobacco, immense quanti-tie
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