A History of Agriculture in India v2.c83.s3.t2.1

v2.c83.s3.t2.1

Bernier gives a vivid description of Bengal, its landscape, people, and its plant and animal products. ‘It is important to observe,’ states Bernier, ‘that of this vast tract of country, a large portion is extremely fertile, the large kingdom of Bengal, for instance, surpassing Egypt itself, not only in the production of rice, corn, and other necessaries of life, but of innumerable articles of commerce which are not cultivated in Egypt, such as silks, cotton, and indigo. There are also many parts of the Indies where the population is sufficiently abundant and the land pretty well tilled.