lands absorbed by the Rajpoot barons—­Salarpoor—­Sheobuksh Sing of Kuteysura—­Bhulmunsee, or property-tax—­Beautiful groves of Lahurpoor—­Residence of the Nazim—­ Wretched state of the force with the Nazim—­Gratuities paid by officers in charge of districts, whether in contract or trust—­Rajah Arjun Sing’s estate of Dhorehra—­Hereditary gang-robbers of the Oude Tarae suppressed—­Mutiny of two of the King’s regiments at Bhitolee—­ Their rapacity and oppression—­Singers and fiddlers who govern the King—­Why the Amils take all their troops with them when they move—­ Seetapoor, the cantonment of one of the two regiments of Oude Local Infantry—­Sipahees not equal to those in Magness’s, Barlow’s, and Bunbury’s, or in our native regiments of the line—­Why—­The prince Momtaz-od Dowlah—­Evil effects of shooting monkeys—­Doolaree, alias Mulika Zumanee—­Her history, and that of her son and daughter.

CHAPTER IV.

Nuseer-od Deen Hyder’s death—­His repudiation of his son, Moona Jan, leads to the succession of his uncle, Nuseer-od Dowlah—­Contest for the succession between these two persons—­The Resident supports the uncle, and the Padshah Begum supports the son—­The ministers supposed to have poisoned the King—­Made to disgorge their ill-gotten wealth by his successor—­Obligations of the treaty of 1801, by which Oude was divided into two equal shares—­One transferred to the British Government, one reserved by Oude—­Estimated value of each at the time of treaty—­Present value of each—­The sovereign often warned that unless he governs as he ought, the British Government cannot support him, but must interpose and take the administration upon itself—­All such warnings have been utterly disregarded—­No security to life or property in any part of Oude—­Fifty years of experience has proved, that we cannot make the government of Oude fulfil its duties to its people—­The alternative left appears to be to take the management upon ourselves, and give the surplus revenue to the sovereign and royal family of Oude—­Probable effects of such a change on the feelings and interests of the people of Oude.

CHAPTER V.

Baree-Biswa district—­Force with the Nazim, Lal Bahader—­Town of Peernuggur—­Dacoitee by Lal and Dhokul Partuks—­Gangs of robbers easily formed out of the loose characters which abound in Oude—­The lands tilled in spite of all disorders—­Delta between the Chouka and Ghagra rivers—­Seed sown and produce yielded on land—­Rent and stock —­Nawab Allee, the holder of the Mahmoodabad estate—­Mode of augmenting his estate—­Insecurity of marriage processions—­Belt of jungle, fourteen miles west from the Lucknow cantonments—­Gungabuksh Rawat—­His attack on Dewa—­The family inveterate robbers—­Bhurs, once a civilized and ruling people in Oude—­Extirpated systematically in the fourteenth century—­Depredations of Passees—­Infanticide—­How maintained—­Want