[58] Mac Farlane, vol. i, 46.
[59] Mac Farlane, vol. ii, 242.
[60] Ibid. 296.
[61] Ibid. vol. i. 37.
[62] History of British India, vol. i. 46.
[63] Historical Fragments, 402.
[64] "The country was laid waste with fire and sword, and that land distinguished above most others by the cheerful face of fraternal government and protected labour, the chosen seat of cultivation and plenty, is now almost throughout a dreary desert covered with rushes and briers, and jungles full of wild beasts. * * * That universal, systematic breach of treaties, which had made the British faith proverbial in the East! These intended rebellions are one of the Company's standing resources. When money has been thought to be hoarded up anywhere, its owners are universally accused of rebellion, until they are acquitted of their money and their treasons at once! The money once taken, all accusation, trial, and punishment ends."—Speech on Fox's East India Bill.
[65] Quoted in Thompson's Lectures on India, 61.
[66] Colonel Sykes states the proportion collected in the Deccan as much less than is above given
[67] Rickards, vol. i. 288.