They are all Brahmans, and take advantage of such calamities to impress the people with an opinion of their usefulness.
The "bhumkas" are all Gonds, or people of the woods, who worship their own Lares and Penates' (_Ramaseeana_, Introduction, p.

13.
note).
5.

Very often the Government of the country know nothing of these tenures; the local authorities allowed them to continue as a perquisite of their own.

The holders were willing to pay them a good share of the rent, assured that they would be resumed if reported by the local authorities to the Government.

These authorities consented to take a moderate share of the rent, assured that they should get little or nothing if the lands were resumed.