...accompaniment of destruction of human life continued ; and in the summer of 1770, as Mr. Hunter writes : ' The people went on dying, the husbandmen sold their...their implements of agriculture, they devoured their need-grain ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...seats in the rural courts, and native officers still discharged the whole functions of the police. All through the stifling summer of 1770 the people...their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their seed grain ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...seats in the rural courts, and nativo officers still discharged the whole functions of tUpolice. AU through the stifling summer of 1770 the people went on dying. The husU'ic<lmen sold their cattle; they sold their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their seed...

...of half their inhabitants." " In 1770 a terrible famine desolated Bengal. All through the hot season the people went on dying. The husbandmen sold their...their implements of agriculture; they devoured their seed grain; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...scourge. When the people of a district suffered A HARD SWIM FOR IT. Hunter, " the people went a-dying. The husbandmen sold their cattle ; they sold their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their seed grain ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...picture of the famine of 1770. " All through the hot season," says Hunter, " the people went a-dying. The husbandmen sold their cattle ; they sold their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their seed grain ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...died. The following is an account of the famine in Bengal last century : "All through the hot season the people went on dying. The husbandmen sold their...their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their seed grain ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...former Native officers of the Delhi Government. Throughout the summer of that year it is on record that the husbandmen sold their cattle ; they sold their implements of agriculture ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found ; the)- ate the leaves...

...into parties to carry off lone individuals for The famine in Bengal last century is thus described : " All through the stifling summer of 1770 the people...their implements of agriculture ; they devoured their see* grain ; they sold their sois and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found...

...former native officers of the Delhi Government. Throughout the summer of that year it is on record that the husbandmen sold their cattle ; they sold their implements of agriculture ; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be found ; they ate the leaves...