CHAPTER XXXII. 



The emigrations from the Brodera purgunna, occasioned by 

 Futty Sihng's oppressive government, added so much to the pros- 

 perity of the Dhuboy districts, that at the commencement 

 of the fair season, after the most seasonable rains in 1782, 

 I found their population, and consequently the cultivation 

 and revenue much increased. They would have been still 

 more nourishing, had not the cruel depredations of the Bheels 

 and Gracias prevented the distant villages from sharing the tran- 

 quillity enjoyed by those situated nearer the protection of the 

 capital. I have occasionally mentioned both these banditti; the 

 former were wild mountaineers, under no regular government, 

 and almost in a savage state; the latter, in considerable numbers, 

 were arranged according, to their religion and caste, under a variety 

 of petty sovereigns, Hindoos and Mahomedans, who were dig- 

 nified by the titles of rajah, ranah, and other royal appellations; 

 and had their viziers, officers of state, and usual appointments in 

 an oriental durbar, blended with a meanness and rapacity, difficult 

 to conceive. In this instance I allude to the rajahs and ranahs of 

 Maudwa, Vazeria, and Veloria, contiguous to the Dhuboy pur. 



