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I sent the following particulars of the purgunnas under my manage- 

 ment to the Collector General of Baroche. 



"The purgunna of Dhuboy contains eighty-four villages, exclu- 

 sive of the capital. Four of these villages, in consequence of the 

 late troubles, are entirely deserted, and a few of the remainder 

 very thinly inhabited. The greater part are as populous as can 

 well be expected, when we consider the situation of this province 

 for some years past. The cultivation during the last season has 

 been as much attended to, and the crops as favourable as I could 

 hope for after the desertion of the country during general God- 

 dard's campaign; Avhen more than half the villages were burnt to 

 the ground, and the Ryots were not able to rebuild their cottages, 

 or cultivate the land, until both armies left the country, only a little 

 before the commencement of the last rainy season. 



" During those troubles, the villagers, with their cattle and the 

 most portable of their effects, took refuge under the walls of Bro- 

 dera, Dhuboy, and other fortified towns. Many fled to the Raje- 

 pipley mountains; from whence, notwithstanding all my endea- 

 vours, they are not yet returned ; nor can it be expected until they 

 are assured of peace and safety. This prevents my being more 

 particular respecting the population and state of agriculture in 

 the Dhuboy purgunna: but, from the knowledge I have acquired 

 during a year's residence on the spot, I have every reason to flatter 

 myself, when the country is entirely restored to tranquillity, and 

 the Company's government firmly established, that agriculture 

 and population will both flourish in a great degree, as the soil is 

 generally rich, and very productive. 



" Notwithstanding the preceding impediments during the last 

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