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ticide prevailed, till it was abolished by the British Government. It 
only extended to the exposure of their female children, but that was 
almost universal. A full account of the steps taken on this occasion 
is given in the fourth volume of the Asiatic Researches. They have 
perfectly answered the purpose intended. Juanpore is included in 
the district of Benares, and of course, came into our possession at 
the same time. There is a nullah between the town and Mr. 
Deane's residence, which in the rains is passable only in a boat. 
The convicts were making bricks for the erection of a bridge here, 
which, when finished, will be a public convenience, the high road 
from Benares to Lucknow being directly over it. We returned to 
breakfast. The hot winds were set in, which confined us to the 
house for the rest of the day. 
March 18. — The hot winds confined us the whole morning to 
the house. After an early dinner I set off at four o'clock, leaving 
Mr. Salt to take up my bearers after an interval of six hours. 
I found it excessively hot and dusty till the sun and wind declined 
together. The ruins of tombs and mosques are as numerous on the 
other side of Juanpore as they are on the side of Benares : some 
were very beautifully inlaid with the coloured glazed tiles. The 
country was slightly undulated, and the Goomty occasionally 
meandered into sight. Mango topes, as usual, were frequent. The 
ryots * were all at work in their fields, some reaping, others draw- 
ing water at the wells, which occur in almost every field. It is a 
singular circumstance, that in this country, which is almost in- 
tirely a sand, and where the heat is so intense, a continual 
supply of water is always to be met with at a slight depth 
* Cultivators of the soil. 
