CONTENTS. 



General state of agriculture in Guzerat — soil— produce — various crops 

 — cotton — batty— juarree—bahjaree, and smaller grains — shrubs and 

 seeds for oil — palma-christi — bluing — tobacco — betel — poppy, opium 

 — sugar-cane — double crops — enclosures — morning beauties in In- 

 dia — best mode of preserving health — Guzerat villages described — 

 tanks and wells — allusions in scripture to living waters and verdant 

 scenery — hospitality to travellers in Guzerat — peasantry — right of 

 landed property —mode of cultivation, and appropriation of the 

 produce — massaulch.ee — illustration of a parable — washerman — 

 cullies, or farm yards — oppression of the zemindars — Hindoo and 

 Mosaic charities — unfavourable traits in the brahmin character, 

 and the Hindoo religion — human sacrifices — contrasted with Chris- 

 tianity — refections on this subject— jaghirts and (liferent tenures 

 in Guzerat — scale of oriental despotism — anecdote of cruel oppres- 

 sion at Tatta - Mahratta cruelty in the sheep-skin death — Dr. 

 Robertson, on landed property in India — extracts from JVilks's 

 History of My ore — Hii.doo bill of sale of land — lease of land at 

 Baroche— instructions on taking charge of Dhuboy — minute re- 

 specting landed property, and farming in Guzerat — remark from 

 Bombay - replication from Baroche — conclusion in favour of leases 

 to respectable farmers in India. 



