CHAPTER VI.
Adventures of Maheput Sing of Bhowaneepoor--Advantages of a good road from Lucknow to Fyzabad--Excellent condition of the artillery bullocks with the Frontier Police--Get all that Government allows for them--Bred in the Tarae--Dacoits of Soorujpoor Bareyla--The Amil connives at all their depredations, and thrives in consequence--The Amil of the adjoining districts does not, and ruined in consequence-- His weakness--Seetaram, a capitalist--His account of a singular _Suttee_--Bukhtawar Sing's notions of _Suttee_, and of the reason why Rajpoot widows seldom become _Suttees_--Why local authorities carry about prisoners with them--Condition of prisoners--No taxes on mangoe-trees--Cow-dung cheaper than wood for fuel--Shrine of "Shaikh Salar" at Sutrik--Bridge over the small river Rete--Recollection of the ascent of a balloon at Lucknow--End of the pilgrimage.
______________________ Private Correspondence subsequent to the Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, and relating to the Annexation of Oude to British India.
DIARY A TOUR THROUGH OUDE..