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INDIGO PLANTING MIRROR.
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Bochoroddi is very expert in forming such sentences.

Second Ryot.   Did not you hear another sentence which was composed by Nitá Atai?

"The Missionaries have destroyed the caste;
"The Factory monkeys have destroyed the rice."

Torapa.   Aola Nochen has composed "Destroyed the Caste," what is it?

Second Ryot.

"The Missionaries have destroyed the caste:
"The Factory monkeys have destroyed the rice."

Fourth Ryot.   Ha! I do not know what is taking place in my house; I am become the inhabitant of three villages at once. I came away to Svaropur, and through the advice of Bose, I threw away the advance which was offered me. When my young child was sick I came to Bose to get from him a little sugar-candy. Ah! how very kind he was; how agreeable and good-looking in countenance I found him; and sitting as solemn as an elephant.

Torapa.   How many bigahs have they given this year?

Fourth Ryot.   Last year I prepared ten bigahs; but as to the price of that, they raised great confusion. This year again, they have given advances for fifteen bigahs; and I am doing exactly as they are ordering me; still, they leave not off insulting me.

First Ryot.   I am laboring with my plough for these two years, and I have cultivated a little piece of ground. That piece of ground which I prepared this year, I kept for sesamum; but one day, our young Saheb, riding on his horse, came to the place, and waiting there himself, took possession of the whole piece. How can the ryots live if this is to continue?

Torapa.   This is only the intrigue of the wicked Amin. Does the Saheb know every thing about land? This fool