of Mirzapur. A
bilingual inscription, in English and Hindi, on a large slab on the
bank of the river, records the capture of the fort of Bhopari in 1811
by the 21st Regiment Native Infantry. The tank described in the text
is at Dibhor, twelve miles south of Haliya, and is 430 feet long by
352 broad. The full name of the builder is Sriman Nayak Manmor, who
was the head of the Banjara merchants of Mirzapur. The inscription on
his temple is dated 23 February, 1825, A.D. 'I suppose', remarks
Cunningham, 'that the vagrant instinct of the old Banjara preferred a
jungle site. No doubt he got the ground cheap; and from this vantage
point he was able to supply Mirzapur with both wood and charcoal.'
(_A.S.R._, vol. xxi, pp. 121-5, pl. xxxi.)

4. The new road passes through the Katra Pass. The pass via Dibhor
and Haliya, which the author calls the Hiliya Pass, is properly
called the Kerahi (Kerai) Pass. Both old and new roads are now little
used. The construction of railways has altogether changed the course
of trade, and Cawnpore has risen on the ruins of Mirzapur. Lalu,
Nayak's 'grandson, died in comparative obscurity some years ago, and
only a few female relatives remain to represent the family--a
striking example, if one were needed, of the instability of Oriental
fortunes.' (_A.S.R._, vol. xxi, p. 124, quoting _Gazetteer_.)

5. Within a few miles of Gosalpur, at the village of Talwa, which
stands upon the old high road leading to Mirzapore, is a still more
magnificent tank with one of the most beautiful temples in India, all
executed two or three generations ago at the expense of two or three
lakhs of rupees for the benefit of the public, by a very worthy man,
who became rich in the service of the former Government. His
descendants, all save one, now follow the plough; and that one has a
small rent-free village held on condition of appropriating the rents
to the repair of the tank. [W. H. S.]

The name Talwa is only the rustic way of pronouncing 'tal', meaning
the tank. Gosalpur is nineteen miles north-east of Jabalpur. Two or
three lakhs of rupees were then (in eighteenth century) worth about
22,000 pounds to 33,000 pounds sterling.

6. India, except on the frontiers, has been at peace since 1858, and
much revenue has been spent on the duties of peace, but the power of
combination for public objects has developed among the people to a
less degree than the author seems to have expected, though some
development undou