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den received three rupees and a half each man, the boy who at- 

 tended the water-rills only two; with this they were perfectly con- 

 tented, and it was probably more than they would have got from 

 a wealthy native in a similar situation. The price of labour, 

 servants' wages, and many other expenses appear small when 

 compared with the same classes in England ; but the number of 

 persons necessarily employed in every department of domestic 

 economy 'in India, brings the expense of an English family, in 

 each country, more upon a level than may at first be imagined. 



In most parts of Guzerat, a small native family of the low 

 castes may live comfortably in their humble cottage for forty and 

 fifty rupees a year; perhaps for less. When the wants of a people 

 are so few, and those few so easily supplied, the same quantity of 

 land must be able to support a much greater number of inhabi- 

 tants than the same quantity in England; it has been calculated 

 at three, and in some places at four to one. 



For petty offences committed by the inhabitants of the Baroche 

 districts, the court of Adawlet established in the city, and the 

 power of the English chief as a magistrate, seemed adequate; in 

 cases of a more criminal nature the prisoners were tried by the 

 quarter sessions at Bombay, and civil suits of importance were 

 decided there by the Mayor's court, and court of appeals, agree- 

 ably to the laws of England and the charter of the East India 

 company. 



Among the works of art at Baroche, is the Jumma Musseid, 

 the silver mosque, and a few other remains of Mahomedan build- 

 ings; but the most interesting is a mausoleum called Baba-Rahan, 

 or Bawrhan, which is built on an eminence, a mile from the city, 



