. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . bling from the ploughshare or the elastic tread of hisbest pastures under his heel, his ever-fresh satisfaction atthe sight of the bullocks stretching themselves as they risefrom the soft grass. Some characteristics of the Maratha people are noticedby Sir R. Jenkins as follows: The most remarkablefeature perhaps in the character of the Marathas of alldescriptions is the little regard they pay to show or cere-mony in the common intercourse of life. A peasant ormechanic of the lowest order, appearing before his superiors,will sit down o
. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . bling from the ploughshare or the elastic tread of hisbest pastures under his heel, his ever-fresh satisfaction atthe sight of the bullocks stretching themselves as they risefrom the soft grass. Some characteristics of the Maratha people are noticedby Sir R. Jenkins as follows: The most remarkablefeature perhaps in the character of the Marathas of alldescriptions is the little regard they pay to show or cere-mony in the common intercourse of life. A peasant ormechanic of the lowest order, appearing before his superiors,will sit down of his own accord, tell his story without cere-mony, and converse more like an equal than an inferior ;and if he has a petition he talks in a loud and boisteroustone and fearlessly sets forth his claims. Both the peasantryand the better classes are often coarse and indelicate in their 1 The references to English farmingin this paragraph are taken from anarticle in the Saturday Review of 22n(l August 1908. - Report on the Territories of theRcija of -r:^- J-:- %.- / ■V V V II SOCIAL AND MORAL CHARACTERISTICS 49 language, and many of the proverbs, which they are fond ofintroducing into conversation, are extremely gross. Ingeneral the Marathas, and particularly the cultivators, arenot possessed of much activity or energy of character, butthey have quick perception of their own interest, thoughtheir ignorance of writing and accounts often renders themthe dupes of the artful Brahmans. The Kunbi, remarks, though frequently all submission andprostration when he makes his appearance in a revenueoffice, is sturdy and bold enough among his own is fond of asserting his independence and the helpless-ness of others without his aid, on which subject he hasseveral proverbs, as : Wherevqr it thunders there the Kunbiis a landholder, and Tens of millions are dependent on theKunbi, but the Kunbi depends on no man. This sense ofhis own importance, which has also been
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