..."the ryots hoped for rain, but God was pleased to withhold that blessing till the latter end of May. The .scene of misery that intervened, and still continues,...number that has perished in those provinces that have suffered most ia calculated to have been within these few months aá G tu IG of the whole inhabitants."...

...the rayats hoped for rain, but God was pleased to withhold that blessing till the latter end of May. The scene of misery that intervened, and still continues,...living have fed on the dead ; and the number that have perished in those provinces which have suffered most is calculated to have been within these few...

...the rayats hoped for rain, but God was pleased to withhold that blessing till the latter end of May. The scene of misery that intervened, and still continues,...living have fed on the dead ; and the number that have perished in those provinces which have suffered most is calculated to have been within these few...

...could, and the rest died as the months went on till September 1770, when Becher officially reported : " Certain it is that, in several parts, the living have fed on the dead, and the number that have perished is as six to sixteen of the whole inhabitants." Worn out, Charles Grant returned home...

...was pleased to withhold that blessing till the latter end of May. The scene of misery that intervened shocks humanity too much to bear description. Certain...number that has perished in those provinces that have suffered most is calculated to have been, within these few months, as six to sixteen of the whole inhabitants.'...

...became waste. ' The scene of misery that intervened', wrote one of the Company's servants in 1770, 'and still continues, shocks humanity too much to...is, that in several parts the living have fed on the dead.'1 Many of the Company's servants were accused, with too much reason, of making large profits...

...became waste. 'The scene of misery that intervened ', wrote one of the Company's servants in 1770, 'and still continues, shocks humanity too much to...is, that in several parts the living have fed on the dead.'1 Many of the Company's servants were accused, with too much reason, of making large profits...

...raised his estimate to "nearly half." 36 Richard Becher, Resident at Murshidabad, reported in June that "the number that has perished in those provinces that...suffered is calculated to have been, within these four months, as six to sixteen of the whole inhabitants." He then added in July that "previous representations"...

...inhabitants.""5 Becher, the Resident of Murshidabad, repeatedly sent dispatches to the government: The scene of misery that intervened, and still continues,...that in several parts the living have fed on the dead . . . (June 9, 1770). . . . Previous representations are faint in comparison to the miseries now endured....

.... . shocks 98 humanity too much to bear description," adding, as if to convey its ultimate horror, "Certain it is, that in several parts the living have fed on the dead." 55 Six weeks later he reported that with more than five hundred people dying daily in Murshidabad,...