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INTRODUCTION ... ... i 



CHAP. I. NEW ARRIVAL, DARING TO THE FACTORY ... 3 



,, II. OUT-FACTORY-ASSISTANTS' BUNGALOW ... 8 



,, III. GENERAL LIFE, AMUSEMENTS ... 12 



,, IV. THE MANAGER 21 



,, V. THE AMLAHS 34 



,, VI. CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF DRILL ... 42 

 ,, VII. CULTIVATION, MANURING, MEASURING, AND 



IRRIGATION 49 



,, VIII. WEEDING, CUTTING, CARTING, MANUFACTUR- 

 ING 56 



IX. INDIGO IN BENGAL 74 



X. INDIGO IN THE NORTH- WESTERN PROVINCES 81 



,, XI. TENURES IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES 90 



,, XII. INDIGO IN SHAHABAD 103 



,, XIII. INDIGO IN THE AZAMGARH DISTRICT ... 118 



,, XIV. INTERLOPERS AND INTERLOPING 122 



,, XV. THE EARLY BEGINNINGS OF INDIGO 130 



,, XVI. MACAUL AY'S MINUTE ON INDIGO PLANTING ... 134 



APPENDIX I. THE Putwari I4I 



,, II. THE BEHAR LIGHT HORSE 153 



,, III. INDIGO MANUFACTURED IN BENGAL FROM 



1795 T0 1832 AND PRICES CURRENT FROM 



l8l5 TO 1829 163165 



