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Title: Coolies at the Cotton Market in Bombay 1863 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 ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900 This is an engraving of a scene recorded in Bombay by Louis Rousselet in July 1863 - L’Inde des Rajahs (Pub. 1877)
Subjects: World history Ethnology
Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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ers India, he finds himself in the land of spices. True, the air is L , Abundance and not yet burdened, as in distribution of Ceylon and the Celebes, with the almost oppressive odors which spring from the groves and native woods of the tropical islands; but the Indian spices are abundant and fragrant. The principal of these products are the chili, or cayenne pepper, the turmeric, ginger,coriander, aniseed, and black cumin.Pepper is mostly produced along thewestern shores of Southern India, in the region known as the Malabar Coast.The spice called cardamon belongs to the same locality, but is also produced in Nepal. Betel nuts are grown in thed eltas of Lower Bengal and in other parts of Southern India. In all the more tropical parts of the country the palm flourishes. Dates havebeen plentiful from time immemorial.Three varieties are found : the true date, 702 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the palmyra, and the bastard. From the last named is manufactured the Jaggery sugar of commerce ; also an intoxicating
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COOLIES AT THE COTTON MARKET IN BOMBAY. liquor, which is doubtless identical with Varieties of that described by Xenophonin the Anabasis. The true date flourishes in Sindh and the lower districts of the Punjab. Along the western coast of India the dates; sugar and the sugar manufacture. cocoanut is not only plentiful, but abundant, ranking as a product next in value to rice. Sugar is produced not only from the bastard date palm, but also from sugarcane, which flourish e s in the Northwest provinces. It requires irrigation, how-ever, and is other-wise expensive in production. The manufacture of sugar has remained in the unskillful hands of the natives until in recent times,when facilities for making it have been produced ia. the Madras presidency and in Mysore. The cotton plant is also a native of India. It has been found from the earliest times, and the product has sup-plied the local wants of the country within the historical era. Until the last century cotton was not ex-ported as a prod-Here we t

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