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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART I
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And so it stands overflown till the Corn be ripe, when they let out the water again to make it dry for reaping.

They never use any dung, but their manner of plowing and soaking of their Ground serves instead thereof.
[Their manner of Reaping.] At reaping they are excellent good, just after the English manner.

The whole Town, as I said before, as they joyn together in Tilling, so in their Harvest also; For all fall in together in reaping one man's Field, and so to the next, until every mans Corn be down.

And the Custome is, that every man, during the reaping of his Corn, finds all the rest with Victuals.

The womens work is to gather up the Corn after the Reapers, and carry it all together.
[They tread out their Corn with Cattel.] They use not Threshing, but tread out their Corn with Cattel, which is a far quicker and easier way.


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