. Proceedings of the Governor and Council at Fort William, respecting the administration of justice amongst the natives in Bengal: also, Translation of a pootee or compilation of the ordinations of the pundits. ltivation of WafteLand. If a Man gives to any Perfon, for cultivating, Land wafte or not wafte,he may not take it back from that Perfon, without fome Fault found in him. If a Man is defirous to cultivate the Land of any other Perfon, who doesnot give his Confent for the Cultivation of the fame, and, w;thout any Dif--courfe having paffed between them, that Man fhould cultivate the Land,
. Proceedings of the Governor and Council at Fort William, respecting the administration of justice amongst the natives in Bengal: also, Translation of a pootee or compilation of the ordinations of the pundits. ltivation of WafteLand. If a Man gives to any Perfon, for cultivating, Land wafte or not wafte,he may not take it back from that Perfon, without fome Fault found in him. If a Man is defirous to cultivate the Land of any other Perfon, who doesnot give his Confent for the Cultivation of the fame, and, w;thout any Dif--courfe having paffed between them, that Man fhould cultivate the Land, and raife ( 194 ) raife a Crop from thence, the whole of fuch Crop mail go to the Owner ofthe Ground, and the Cultivator mail receive Nothing. If a Man fows Seed upon his own Ground, and by any Chance whateverfome of that Seed mould fall upon another Perfons Ground, and a Cropfhould arife from thence, that Crop mall go to the Owner of the Ground,and not to the Owner of the Seed. If a Man hath fowed Seed upon his own Land, and any other Perfonfhould fpoil that Seed, in that Cafe, the Magiftrate mail chaftife that Perfon,and take a Fine from him, and caufe him to make good to the other the Seedfo CHAP. ( «95 )CHAP. XIV. Of Cities andTowns; and of the Fines for damaging a Crop* Wherever Men of the Tribe of Sooder, and Hufbandmen are very nume-rous, and where there is much Ground fit for Tillage, fuch Place is calledGram, or a Town. A Place that hath Eight Cofe in Length and Breadth, and on the Skirts ofwhich, on all the Four Sides, is a Ditch, and above the Ditch, on all the. FourSides, a Wall or Parapet, and on all the Four Sides of it are Bamboos, and onthe Eafl or North Side thereof a hollow or covered Way, fuch Place is calledNigber, or a City: In the fame Manner, if it hath Four Cofe in Length andBreadth, it is called Kheet, or a fmall City, and if it hath Two Cofe in Lengthand Breadth, it is called Gherbut, or a fmall City. The Road for pafling and repaffing fhall
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