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shorter fallow period , cut by half , denuded fields |
| text: |
At the lower edge of the forest is a rest shed and a high platform, and from this we looked down on the golden fields covering the slopes below us. There were also fields on a low ridge linking Wakching land with Kongan. The jhums below us were cultivated for the first year of the present cycle. The [?land] had been fallow for 8 years,a period which is now general and compares to the 15 years of fallow usual in 1936. A few trees had been left standing but most of them died during the burning; a few had survived heavy pollarding and the fire. |
