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 In Parvatipur and Edyagada a seer contains only 22 tolas. The usual table of weights for other articles is : — 2 chataks = 1 nautak = 8 nautaks = 1 seer = 6 seers = 1 visam (viss) =32 8 visams = 1 manngu (maund) = 25 8 manugus = 1 kantlam = 200 20 manugus = 1 putti or cand}' = 500

But local variations abound (the seer being again 24 tolas in some places and 22 tolas in others) and special tables are often used for special articles, such as jaggery, wax, turmeric, cotton, etc. Moreover, the following table is used side by side 'with the other : — 2 yebalams = 1 padalam = 1^ 2 padalams = 1 visam = 3 8 visams = 1 maniigu = 24 8 manugus =: 1 kantlam = 192 20 manugus = 1 candy = 480

In the grain measures (which are also used for liquids) the local variations again are legion. The usual table is : —

4 giddas = I sola 2 solas = 1 tavva = 2^ pints. 2 tavvas = 1 adda or manika = 4^ pints. 4 addas = 1 kuncham = 1 7 pints. 20 kunchams = 1 putti = 42^ gals. 30 puttis = 1 garce = 1,275 gals.

Land is often measured by garces, puttis, and kunchams, a 'garce' of land being supposed to be the area which will produce a garce of grain. This extent is usually reckoned as two acres of wet land and four of dry.

The English inch, foot, yard, furloug and mile are coming into use, but the Jdn or hand's span, the miira or cubit (the length from the elbow to the top of the middle finger), and the bdra or fathom, are more popularly employed for small lengths, while in the Agency the usual measure of distance is the has, or distance which it is possible to walk before the leaves of a green twig carried along with one will wither. This last may be taken at about 2i miles, and four kois make one d)n«da. The weavers have special tables for measuriug cloths.