beneficence and hospitality of Karna, the prime-minister of Duryodhana, and the Hatim Tai of India , and the Adi Parva, or first chapter of the Mahabarat, translated into Bengali by Kasi Das.
District of South Behar.
The nine thanas of this district contain in all 285 Hindi schools, of which two villages contain seven each, two contain four each, two contain three each, twelve contain two each, and two hundred and thirty-three contain one each.
The number of teachers is the same as the number of schools, and their average age is 36 years. One of them is a Musalman, and the rest are Hindus. The following are the castes of the Hindu teachers and the number of each:—
| Kayastha | . . . | 278 |
| Magadha | . . . | 2 |
| Gandhabanik | . . . | 1 |
| Teli | . . . | 1 |
| Kairi | . . . | 1 |
| Sonar | . . . | 1 |
From this list it is evident that vernacular instruction is almost wholly in the hands of the Kayastha or writer caste, and that the institutions of the country are still in this respect in almost unabated force. There are no brahman-teachers, and only two of a caste considered superior to the Kayastha or writer caste, viz., the Magadha caste, which gave its name to the country when it was under Bauddha rule.
There are no teachers who give gratuitous instruction. The teachers are thus remunerated:—
| Rs. | As. | P. | |||
| 2 | receive monthly wages only | . . . | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | receive„ monthly„ fees only | . . . | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | receive„ monthly„ wages and subsistence-money | . . . | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | receive„ monthly„ fees and uncooked food | . . . | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | receive„ monthly„ fees and subsistence-money | . . . | 17 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | receive„ monthly„ fees and weekly presents | . . . | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | receive„ monthly„ fees and annual presents | . . . | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, and subsistence-money | . . . | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, and weekly presents | . . . | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, and annual presents | . . . | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| 11 | receive„ monthly„ fees, subsistence-money, and weekly presents | . . . | 17 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | receive„ monthly„ fees, subsistence-money, and annual presents | . . . | 39 | 14 | 6 |
| 23 | receive„ monthly„ fees, weekly presents, and annual presents | . . . | 59 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, subsistence-money and weekly presents | . . . | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 1 | receive„ monthly„ wages, uncooked food, subsistence-money, and annual presents | . . . | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, subsistence-money, and annual presents | . . . | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | receive„ monthly„ wages, uncooked food, weekly presents, and annual presents | . . . | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 32 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, weekly presents, and annual presents | . . . | 81 | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | receive„ monthly„ fees, subsistence-money, weekly presents, and annual presents | . . . | 173 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | receive„ monthly„ fees, uncooked food, subsistence-money, weekly presents, and annual presents | . . . | 125 | 0 | 9 |
