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2 There is a very good stock of second quality timber together with fine bamboos on the
3 low land lying along the Muckaicherra.
4 All to the south of the Dingaichorra and east of the Jooree river, (t#.c. the Dhurum-
5 nuggur valley) belongs to Hill Hip »erah, and large quantities of timber, canes, &c., are taken
6 out from these parts, and also from Jooree Ujan, a toll being paid to the lessee of the Tipperah
7 Rajales ghat at the junction of the Jooree and Lall rivers. It was reported by the natives
8 in March that there were logs worth from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 3,000 lying along the river (Jooree)
9 between the mouth of the Sagarnalcherra and old Vhenchoogunge. ost of these were
10 probably out during 1871 and left stranded by the river falling, but the difficulty is to know
11 trom a a territory they came. Besides these, several were found in the jungle (close to
12 the edge of the hills in British territory) out, but unmoved.
13 In former years only a few logs used to be taken out with some difficulty witout the
14 help of elophants, but in 1871 nearly every Jarul, Kurtah, and Nagussur tree of any size was
15 felled, and nearly all dragged out by elephants ; so now there is nothing to be done, if these
16 kinds of trees are considered, but to close up the jungles and strictly conserve.
17 The “ Agar” is a valuable tree, from which a sort of incense, much prized and sought after
18 by natives, is made; it is mostly out by the hillmen, who take it to exchange for plains pro-
19 ductions. A tree containing the “ Agar’ is spread recognized by their being bulges at intervals
20 up the trunk, and these are the only parts out and taken out, the wood being but little sought
21 alter.
22 The gum sells at Re. 1 per tola.