1 / llM.liaoir]iun ii:iited I17 die^pHt of jKspditMp ^ liro III
2 tcoCB, and alio .in. the rudest part* 'of liwooiiiitfy; tt is Bbt^ljtini
3 flit>ibiiiid fkbneB, the uppenmoat of wlaA nato on a pirot foM m
4 dwiowaa^' and ia.tiiiii«d bjr arnkko pagt irfuoh iaftataned mit
5 Ibr a handle. Excqpt where haiul^uUa are iiaed, a miliar haa a
6 tmet tnde^ and-ia paid bj a ahm of the oocn whk^
7 ; I .can ^7 little about tbe aneoeaaian of aa|M'ai£pted h^liie
8 hnabandman of A^fmipaitHmm^ '• it seems to be only in the very
9 poorest .parts'of the .oonntiy- that land is allowed to Ue ' fiiUoir ftr a
10 year. It ia more frequent to cultivate the autumn harveit one year,
11 and the spriiig one the next»- but in Home plabaa where manure is ia
12 pleutgTt both are niied in one year. Tlx- man tire used is composed
13 ef dm^ and straw collected in dunghills, of ashes, the mud of old
14 walls, and various other substanoea. Hie dung of camels is carefully
15 aroided, . from a notion that it iinpr^gnateB the land with saltpetia
16 Lima and maEle seem both to be unknown.'
17 - Horses are' employed to drew the plough in Tooridstaun, and in
18 the Eimauk country, but in no other part of A^unmistaun, nor in
19 Persia nor in India. That task is generally perform^ by oxen, but in
20 Shoraubuk and in Seweestaun, it is done by camels (which animal is
21 also used in the kingdom of Cokaun or Terghauna, and in the Indian
22 Desart), and asses are employed in gome parts of Af^dinnni«?taun.
23 Grain, manure, Sic. are generally carried about the farm by asses or
24 bullocks, and sometimes by camels; cartsy as has been oHuetvedf do
25 not t exist in the country. !•« ,.<:'
26 Digitized by Gopgl