cultivation in his country was at present, compared to what it had been when he succeeded to the zemindari, he said that there was very little increase because his country being entirely open had long been all cultivated, except what it was necessary to leave waste for pastures, and that, therefore, almost the only increase that had arisen was from his having repaired some tanks and got better crops from them. The Collector seemed to think that terror was the cause, rather than fair dealing, of there being no complaint against the Raja. He is rigorous in exacting his clues; but I believe that he is just on the whole, and that were he otherwise, fear would not suppress all complaints in a zemindari so accessible and so defenceless. I had none, and his villages appeared to be populous and thriving. I must, however, make one exception to this favourable account of him, for I have reason to believe that he, as well as many other Zemindars, has resumed Inams without authority."
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