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der. A military force became necessary to repel these invaders, 

 which was not effected without much bloodshed. On Mr. Cleve- 

 land's appointment to this station, he projected a plan, which ad- 

 mirably included the protection of the inhabitants, the conciliation 

 of the robbers, the increase of population, and the encouragement 

 of agriculture. Such was the ability and perseverance with which 

 he furthered its execution, that in a few years the desert became a 

 scene of fertility, conducted by the very people who had formerly 

 struck the country with terror, and rendered it uninhabitable. The 

 ancient ryots of the plains, who had fled from the mountaineers as 

 their murderers, now mingled with them in friendship; and, certain 

 parts of the land remaining yet untilled, were distributed to the 

 invalids of the Company's native troops, who were invited by ad- 

 vantageous terms to spend the remainder of their lives in the vale 

 of peace, and the salutary employments of husbandry. 



INSCRIPTION ON A MARBLE MONUMENT AT BHAUGULPORE, 

 ERECTED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL AND COUNCIL OF 

 BENGAL, TO THE MEMORY OF AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND, ESQ. 



To the memory of Augustus Cleveland, Esq. 

 Late collector of the districts of Bhaugulpore and Rajamahal 3 

 Who, without bloodshed., or the terror of authority, 

 Employing only the means of conciliation, confidence, and benevolence,, 



attempted and accomplished the entire subjugation 



of the lawless and savage inhabitants of the Jungleterry of Rajamahall, 



who had long infested the neighbouring lands 



