* one fide the Ganges., with the near and diftant rock«; on the
“ other the fort, numberlefs hills and valleys, with woods, vil-
“ lages, corn-fields, and gardens, fingle houfes and mofqnes,
“ feattered here and there; elephants, buffaloes, camels, and
“ all kinds of cattle; which, with the people, form a moving
“ landfcape, o f great variety, in miniature.”
I wish I was capable of giving the ceconorny which con- Rurai. CEco-
tributed to form the ufeful part o f this rural fcene. The huf- ITOMV‘
bandry of Hindooftan, it is hoped, will be given by the pen of
DocSlor James Anderfon, a fubjeft admirably fuited to his ítúdie£
To a people prohibited the ufe o f ¡ánimál ' foodj they havO
no choice left. I ihall fpeak only o f tlioie which ‘require the
culture of the huibandman, the farinaeeous kinds.'1 As to
European grains, the wheat, perhaps barley, may he cultivated.
The fir® grows Only north o f Lat. 20°, or 2i\ It is an article
o f commerce,-and brought to great diftances' by people called,
I know not why, Lombardi. Rice is too well known to be mentioned.
Zea Mayz is univerfal. There are feveral forts of
lE ici, inch as the Saccharafus and Sorghum, the eonfumption
of which is almoft equal to rice. The legumes áre innumerable,
fuch as fpeciesof Dolichos, Phafeolus, and Cicer, &c. &c. The labor
is performed in all the rural ceconorny by Ryu is or peafants'. r YDt» or
I give the figure of one at work with the Bengal plough, and á PsASANTS-
pa iro f oxen. They are notonly allowed by the lord of the foil a
certain portion o f the land to fupport themfelves, and provide and
keep their cattle, but are furnifhed with feed for the future har-
veft, Mr.Craufurd, with great humanity, defcribes theirdeplora-
ble ffate. « They live in the utmoft penury and wretchednefs,”
fays he, “ I remember' in travelling to have fpoken, by an in-
VoL' IL 0 0 “ terpreter,