 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1853 - 750 pages
...thatched roof; and his property a plough, two bullocks, one or two lotaht (brass pots), and some bijdhan. He toils ' from morn to noon, from noon to dewy eve...His mind is veiled in a thick gloom of ignorance." Thus far as regarded Bengal. The condition of the Madras peasant was faithfully portrayed in. a petition... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1853 - 750 pages
...exaggeration ; even in ordinary seasons, and under ordinary eircumstances, the ryots may often tie seen fasting for days and nights for want of food....His mind is veiled in a thick gloom of ignorance." Thus far as regarded Bengal. The condition of the Madras peasant was faithfully portrayed in a petition... | |
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from morn to noon, from noon to dewy eve ;' and, despite this, he is a haggard, poverty-smitten, wretched creature. This is no exaggeration ; even in ordinary seasons, and under ordinary circumstances, the ryots may often be seen fasting for days and... 