The great landholders would kill the local Governors with just as little scruple, did they not fear that it might make the British Government interpose and aid in the pursuit after them.
_January_ 17, 1850 .-- Sundeela, about thirteen miles from our last camp, on the bank of the little River Saee, over a plain of good doomuteea soil, very fertile, and well cultivated in the neighbourhood of villages.

The greater portion of the plain is, however, uncultivated, though capable of the best tillage, and shows more than the usual signs of maladministration.

In this district there are only three tallookdars, and they do not rob or resist the Government at present.

They distrust the Government authorities, however, and never have any personal intercourse with them.

The waste is entirely owing to the bad character of the contractors, and the license given to the troops and establishments under them.