jfth^ iufluence which be had obtained over thesiir^ 

 rouDdiug states who, although his superlorg by 

 adventitious circumstances, thus acknowledged 

 hh autbority. 



It IS obvious, thei), that the British, in endea- 

 vouring to reduce this overgrown power, should 

 have cyrftfiilly abstained from pursuing any line 

 ofpobcy that might unite the interests of the 

 Pangbooloo with thgi,e of hi^' people. Had they 

 adhered to this, and. by stripping him gradually 

 of hjs seignorial rights, deprived bim of ibe great- 

 est proportion of his power, the tithe couid have 

 been subsequently imposed wiih bltle chance of 

 resistance. 



This would not have been a difficult matter, 

 as. notwithstanding ihe attach raeot of the people 

 to the person of the Pangbooloo, and the reverence 

 in which hjs reputed .sanctity maintained him, 

 he bad latterly rendered himself obnoxious to 

 them by bis arbitrary exactions. The power, that 

 would have relieved them from this oppression, 

 would have been cheerfully welcomed, and have 

 met with no opposition. As the Proclamation of 

 lS3i expressly states liiat - the tenth will not be 

 taken until the country is improved, and the in- 

 habitants better able to afford it,'* it is obvious 

 tftat the making known the intentions of Govern^ 

 ment on this head, perhaps years before it could 

 be carried into effect, and i\w^ needlessly irrita- 

 tmg the miuds of the population, was, at least, an 

 impolitic fstep. By endeavourmg to effect these 

 changes all at once, and offering pensions to the 

 Pangbooloo and Sookoos, they united all parties 

 Main-^t Ihem. and confirmed the power ofDool 

 Syed in a tenfold degree, as he detailed te his 



