The stems and foliage of the trees, no doubt, deprive the crops of the moisture, carbonic gas and ammonia, they require from the atmosphere.

They are, generally, watered from six to ten years.

These groves form a valuable local tie for the cultivators and other useful tenants.

No man dare to molest them or their descendants, in the possession of their well and grove, without incurring, at least, the odium of society; and, according to their notion, the anger of their gods.
The cultivators always point out to them, in asserting their rights to the lands they hold; and reside and cultivate in the village, under circumstances that would drive them away, had they no such ties to retain them.

They feel a-great pride in them; and all good landlords feel the same in having their villages filled with tenants who have such ties.
_December_ 21, 1849 .-- Bhurteepoor, ten miles, almost all the way through the estate of Maun Sing.