Two only consented to remain, the Buree Begum and Chota Begum.
_December_ 14, 1849 .-- Came on twelve miles to Gonda.

The country well studded with groves and fine single trees; the soil naturally fertile, and water near the surface.

Cultivation good about Gonda, and about some of the villages along the road it is not bad; but there is nowhere any sugar-cane to be seen beyond a small garden patch.

The country is so wretchedly stocked with cattle that little manure is available for tillage.
The Bulrampore Rajah, a lively, sensible, and active young man, joined me this morning, and rode along by the side of my elephant, with the capitalist, Ramdut Pandee, the Nazim, Mahommed Hussan, and old Bukhtawar Sing, the brother of the late Dursun Sing, whom I have often mentioned in this Diary.

Rajah Bukhtawar Sing is the King's Mohtamin, or Quartermaster-General of the Resident's' camp.