INDIGENOUS FOODS. De. Moore, the Superintendent of the Eaj Dispensaries in Kajpootana, notes the following aliments in use among the inhabitants of that country during the late season of scarcity (1868). " Atta being scarce and expensive, I found the inhabitants of Rajpootana use the following materials, ground up and mixed with various
of flour:?The roots of
called
found
proportions Kagoo Moth,
this there
are
varieties,
two
one
a
peculiar
coarse
grass
tanks, jheels, and wells. Of sweet and soft, consumed by the
growing
near
people; the other hard and pungent, and given to cattle. 2ndly. The long roots of a rush, or cyperus, also found in the beds of tanks. This contains a large mass of pithy substance, looking like course arrowroot.
3rdly. stance, in
The kernels of the wild
plum,
where it grows,
as
for in-
Shekawatty.
4thly. The inner bark of the tamarind and neem trees. The two latter substances are not used except as a last resort. the kurree or linseed cake, formed of the 5thly. When produced,
seeds after removal of the oil. Thus the country a
supplies
have been supposed."
larger
amount of aliment than could
of flour:?The roots of
called
found
proportions Kagoo Moth,
this there
are
varieties,
two
one
a
peculiar
coarse
grass
tanks, jheels, and wells. Of sweet and soft, consumed by the
growing
near
people; the other hard and pungent, and given to cattle. 2ndly. The long roots of a rush, or cyperus, also found in the beds of tanks. This contains a large mass of pithy substance, looking like course arrowroot.
3rdly. stance, in
The kernels of the wild
plum,
where it grows,
as
for in-
Shekawatty.
4thly. The inner bark of the tamarind and neem trees. The two latter substances are not used except as a last resort. the kurree or linseed cake, formed of the 5thly. When produced,
seeds after removal of the oil. Thus the country a
supplies
have been supposed."
larger
amount of aliment than could
