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of this people carrying their beds with them,, 

 which are so very light that men are often 

 met in India with them on their backs, and at 

 the same time carrying all the little property 

 they possess with them, consisting of a few 

 brass or copper cooking utensils. 



In the Bible it is often enjoined to build 

 and take care of wells, water courses, and 

 plantations. There is a physical cause for 

 this, which operates the same in India as in 

 the holy land, namely the scarcity of water 

 in the hot season, and to defend travellers 

 from the oppressive heat of the sun's rays; 

 which in India is the cause of trees being 

 planted, wells, tanks, and water courses dug, 

 at the expense of the proprietors of the villa- 

 ges, for the accomodation of all. 



So general is the idea of their being neces- 

 sary ; that it is common with most of the rich 

 Hindoos to bequeath a large sum of money 

 to dig a well, or tank, and to plant a tope, 

 [which is a plantation of mango trees] close 



