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into antagonists the two great classes on whose har- 

 monious co-operation not only their own welfare, but 

 in many parts of the country the progress of our land 

 revenue, so materially depends. 



Let others write panegyrics on those who '' first 

 planted the seeds of a civilised system of jurisprudence 

 in India " : I, looking sadly now on the Upas tree that 

 has crowned their labours, can only say : — 



Ille et nefasto te posuit die, 

 Quicunque primum, et sacrileg^ manu, 

 Produxit, arbos, in nepotum 

 Perniciem, ojpjprohriumque pagi ! 



No doubt it may startle some to propose that we 

 should in these respects retrace our steps, and, es- 

 chewing the highly seasoned and artistic messes of 

 civilisation, revert to the simple fruit and herbs of 

 our unenlightened predecessors. 



But the case stands thus : — The country is on the 

 high road to bankruptcy : sudden and arbitrary reduc- 

 tions in all directions, not impossibly really wasting 

 more money than they seem to save, will of course 

 be resorted to, and a nominal equilibrium restored for 

 a while. 



No such measures, however, can restore the finances 

 of a growing country to a healthy condition any more 

 than cutting off strips from the ends of the legs to let 

 in as gussets into the seat, is calculated to place the 

 trousers of the growing boy in a permanently satisfac- 

 tory condition. 



He is bound to outgrow them, and the country is 



