A LITTLE KNOWN PROVINCE OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 145 



years ago. It is a proverb that, if two or three peasants are talking 

 together, the subject of their discourse is sure to be either pice 

 (farthings) or rice. But the increased prices have rather benefited 

 a very large proportion of the people who have produce to sell. 

 Luxuries, such as house utensils and fine clothes, are much commoner 

 than they used to be, and I have no doubt that there has been a 

 steady improvement in the material condition of the people since 

 the famine of 1866. 



