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- After I took charge of 'the agency, 

 intervention in ■ these : quarrels, and the 

 suppression of female i infanticide, which 

 was still practised in some of the Khond 

 communities, became the chief objects in 

 view. ; The - irregulars^ who had served 

 under the former special agent were, for 

 the most part, absorbed into, the con- 

 stabulary, which was at that time about 

 being: organized ^ by the present Sir W. 

 Robinson, ' then Inspector - General - of 

 Police ; they . retained \ their fire-arms, 

 and bodies of them accompanied me 

 when I visited the hills, under the com- 

 mand of an officer (Captain, now Major 

 Lys) admirably qualified by temper and 

 judgment for the duty of dealing with 

 savages. 



"We located a few police-stations here 



