Memoirs on The History, Folk-lore and Distribution of the Races of the- North Western Provinces of India (2 Volumes in One Bound)

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MEMORANDUM. As several months save elapsol since the receipt of the first Parts of the Glossary of Indian Terms, no further delay should wwwur in returning them to Government, under the Orders dated 14th December, 1842, No 913.

The Rand will regret to observe that the call for further information has not been responded to, except to a very limited extent, by any of the Officers under their control. Being therefore apprehensive that the Honourable Court of Directors, who have a down so much anxiety to prepare a comprehensive Glossary, may feel some disappointment at reviving no additions or suggestions from these Provinces, I have ventured to put together a few notices respecting the tribes, the customs, the fiscal and agricultural terms of this Presidency, in the hope that if they are found to convey any information not hitherto recorded, they may be deemed worthy of being incorporated with the work which is about to be compiled under the super impendence of Professor H. H. Wilson.

I have confined my attention chiefly to the words included under these four heads, though I observe from entries in the printed specimens, that if the scheme of the Glossary is fully carried out, it will include terms of Hindoo Mythology and Astronomy, an account of the principal Festivals, and much which will, perhaps, have to be excluded on a revision. I have not attempted to meddle with such subjects, on which there are several books which contain ample information; and even in such departments as I have undertaken, I have endeavoured for the most part to avoid words which may be found in the common Dictionaries. For a few terms I have been indebted to the Revenue Glossaries furnished to the Sudder Board in A.n. 1839; but I believe the extent of my obligations is con- fined to those of Saugor and Goruckpoor. It has been part of my plan to introduce articles on the old, and locally known territorial Divisions of the Country, as a subject not only highly interesting in itself, but as being intimately connected with the fiscal portion of the work. Indeed, such articles as Desh, Furingistan, Futtehpoor, etc. etc., in the Printed Glossary, show that the admission of such words is in conformity with the views of the Court.

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