When the author says that the large canes are sold 'as a fruit' he means that the canes are used for eating, or rather sucking like a sugar-stick. The varieties of sugar-cane are numerous, and the names vary much in different districts. According to Balfour, the Otaheite (Tahiti) cane is 'probably _Saccharum violaceum_'. The ordinary Indian kinds belong to the species _Saccharum officinarum_. The Otaheite cane was introduced into the West Indies about 1794, and came to India from the Mauritius. It is more suitable for the roller mill than for the indigenous mill, the stems being hard (_Cyclopaedia of India_, 3rd ed., 1885, s.v. 'Saccharum'). In a letter dated December 15, 1844, the author refers to his introduction of the Otaheite cane, and mentions that the Indian Agricultural Society awarded him a gold medal for this service. The cane was first planted in the Government Botanical Garden at Calcutta. CHAPTER 29 Interview with the Chiefs of Jhânsî--Disputed Succession. On the 14th[1] we came on fourteen miles to Jhânsî.[2] About five miles from our last ground we crossed the Baitantî river over a bed of syenite. At this river we mounted our elephant to cross, as the water was waist-deep at the ford. My wife returned to her palankeen as soon as we had crossed, but our little boy came on with me on the elephant, to meet the grand procession which I knew was approaching to greet us from the city. The Râjâ of Jhânsî, Râm Chandar Râo, died a few months ago, leaving a young widow and a mother, but no child.[3]