ery lively fashion, some of them closely curtained
containing women of the harem, but one sees few women except of the
humble class; Oriental exclusion is observed here. Under this prince's
seemingly wise rule the population exhibit a marked and favorable
contrast to that of India generally, over which the authority of Great
Britain extends. There are no mud cabins, no visible want. We did not
see a beggar in all Jeypore. The people are decently clothed, and
well-lodged in nice-looking houses, most of which are two stories high.
The streets are exceptionally broad and neatly kept, being regularly
sprinkled by coolies to lay the dust, though in a primitive manner.
These fellows carry goat skins, filled with water, fastened to their
backs, with the neck coming forward under the right arm, and by swinging
the nozzle from side to side the street gets a uniform wetting. This
same mode is adopted even in so large a city as Calcutta, where a Yankee
watering-cart would supersede the services of twenty-five coolies who
are thus employed. Many fountains ornament the streets of Jeypore,
placed in the centres of open squares. The expression upon the faces of
the people is that of smiling content; in short, an air of thrift
pervades everything. All this was in such decided contrast to those
portions of the country which we had visited as to make a strong
impression, and lead to some deductions not entirely favorable to
English rule in India.

In speaking of this subject to an intelligent English resident, he
replied that we had seen an exceptional specimen of the native control
in this instance; and that other regions of India, were we to visit
them, would present a very different state of affairs, all of which may
be true. We ventured however, for the sake of argument, to question the
justice of the tenure by which England held possession of India, and
were promptly answered: "We conquered this territory from the Mohammedan
invaders, who were ruling it with a rod of iron. Our coming has been and
is a deliverance. We did not even overthrow the Mohammedan Empire. That
was done by the Mahrattas, under French officers, from whom, in 1803, we
rescued the Emperor, whose descendants we have ever since pensioned.
None of the princes and sultans whom we have deposed were hereditary
sovereigns. They were actually rebellious viceroys and governors who
had assumed their position during the confusion of the times. In short,
that our rule is a b