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The Peasantry of Bengal; Being a View of Their Condition Under the Hindu, the Mahomedan and the English Rule, and a Consideration of the Means Calcula

The Peasantry of Bengal; Being a View of Their Condition Under the Hindu, the Mahomedan and the English Rule, and a Consideration of the Means Calcula

Dutt, Romesh Chunder

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150170719
ISBN13: 9781150170713
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... 60 CHAPTEB IV. The Bengal Ryot At The Present Day. I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms For him that grazes and for him that farms; But when amid such pleasing scenes I trace The poor laborious natives of the place, And see the midday sun, with fervid ray. On their bare heads and dewy temples play; While some with feebler heads and fainter hearts, Deplore their fortune, yet sustain their parts, Then shall I dare these real ills to hide In tinsel trappings of poetic pride. Crabbe. We stated at the beginning of the preceding chapter that the cultivating classes have in some extent shared in the general improvement of the country. We shall in the present chapter shew in what respects their condition has improved. We shall dwell briefly on their habits and customs, and shall trace the causes through which in spite of mistaken legislation the villagers of the present day are improving in their condition. To one who has never been out of town, the prospect of the open country must be striking and pleasant. We do not see here the undulating hills and vales, the green pasture lands with sheep and kine grazing on them, and the neat hedgerows and clusters of cheerful looking cottages strewn about here and there that greet the eye of the traveller in England; but in their stead we see on both sides of us extensive paddy fields spreading their sea-like expanse as far as the eye can reach, with waving com shining under the golden tints of the morning Indian sun, --the scene being hardly checkered by a single tree or bush. Far off the view is bounded by a line of thick vegetation and tangled woods and trees of various kinds, covered with luxuriant foliage. Concealed in the thick shade of this beautiful green canopy of nature, our poor and simple villagers h..

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