He tells me that some families in every Rajpoot tribe in Oude destroy their female infants to avoid the cost of marrying them, though the King prohibited infanticide and suttee in the year 1833.
That infanticide does still prevail among almost all the Rajpoot tribes in Oude is unquestionable.
_January_ 6, 1850 .-- Yesterday evening we moved to Omrowa West, [Transcriber's note: this appears to be a misspelling for Morowa West] a distance of twelve miles, over a plain of bad oosur soil, scantily cultivated near the road.

To the left and right of the road, at a little distance, there are some fine villages, thickly peopled, and situated in fine and well-cultivated soil.

The country is well wooded, except in the worst parts of the soil, where trees do not thrive.

We saw a great deal of sugar-cane in the distance and a few pawn-gardens.

The population of the villages came to the high road to see us pass; and among them were a great many native officers and sipahees of our Regiments, who are at their homes on furlough, Government having given a very large portion of the native army the indulgence of furlough during the present cold season.