The hamlets are, in consequence, numerous and peopled by peasantry, who seem to live without fear.

They adhere strictly to the terms of their engagements with their tenants of all grades; and their tenants all pay their rents punctually, unless calamities of season deprive them of the means, when due consideration is made by landlords, who live among them, and know what they suffer and require.
The climate must be good, for the people are strong and well-made, and without any appearance of disease.

Hardly a beggar of any kind is to be seen along the road.

The residence of religious mendicants seems to be especially discouraged, and we see no others.

It is very pleasing to pass over such lands after going through such districts as Bahraetch and Gonda, where the signs of the effects of bad air and water upon men, women, and children are so sad and numerous; and those of the abuse of power and the neglect of duty on the part of the Government and its officers are still more so.
Last evening I sent for the two men above named, who had been confined for six or seven years, and were said to have been so because they would not sign the _bynamahs_ required from them by Mann Sing: their names are Soorujbulee Sing and Rugonath Sing.