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REVIJbW$ OF BOOK8 cultivation. A poin? which seems ?o call for remark in ?he inventory given of ?he implements of cultivation in use is ?he small number of ploughs-,viz., 25 smongs? 109 sexual cultivators. This suggests either ?hs? ?he subdivision of ?he land is not iu actual fact as great as it appears;or (which' is, indeed, ghe f?cg) ghag a considerable number of ghose who eulgiva?e land in ghis village live and keep gheir irapie- ments elsewhere. The number of carts (v?., ?0), on the other hand, is somewhat unusually large; and the village is well supplied with draught cattle. The truth is, of course, that a cart and a pair of bullocks earn a good deal for their owners, independently of agriculture, zn a village mtuated as this is close to a big city. An exceedingly full and instructive account is given of the chief crops and their cultivation, a section being devoted to each, prefaced by a couple o! introductory sections which deal, respectively, wi?h the significant variations in the sereage under different crops over a series o! years, and with the system o[ rotation or intermixture of crops which is followed. The geological characteristics, the soils, the waters and the drainage of the village form the subject matter of Chapter II. In Chapter V particulars are given of the live-stock belonging to the village, the estimated value of which amounts to Rs. 10,500, or an average per family of close on Rs. 100. The estimated daily yield of cow and buffalo milk is 80 seers, of which sometimes as much as 60 seers is sent for sale to Poona, where it sells at 6 seers for the rupee. Carting brings in Rs. 1-4 per day. In Chapter III some intersting particulars of an historical character are given regarding land revenue assessments and village ir?ms. The la?er half of the chapter contains s?atisties showing the extraordinary degree to which the village land is subdivided into separate holdings, and the holdings brokeu up into separate plots. The number of separate holdings (exclusive of i,?n?s) at the present time is 116, giving an average of 6? acres per holding; while for the years 18?0.1 and 1797-8, assuming ?he figures to be comparable, the corresponding totals were 54 holdings, averaging 14 acres each, and 28 averaging 26? acres., respectively. These figures are significant.; bu? even more d?sqme?mg is the fact that, at ?hs presen? ?ime ?he number of separate plo?s is five ?imes $ha? o! the holdings and seven ?imes ?he number o! actual