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Rh British Bundelkhand contains a population of 2,161,495 souls. The total population of Bundelkhand, British and native, has been estimated at 2,260,714. The people represent various races. The Bundelas, the race who gave the name to the country, still maintain their dignity as chieftains, by disdaining to cultivate the soil, although by no means conspicuous for lofty sentiments of honour or morality. An Indian proverb avers that &quot; one native of Bundelkhand commits as much fraud as a hundred Dandis&quot; (weighers of grain, and notorious rogues). About Datiya and Jhansf the inhabitants are a stout and handsome race of men, well off and contented. The prevailing religion in Bundelkhand is Hinduism. The principal crops are wheat, jodr, cotton, indigo, sugar cane, a red dye called dch, various kinds of millets and pulses, and mahud (Bassia latifolia). Carpets are manu factured at Jhansi, and paper at Kalpi. Bamboo and Acacia catechu from the jungles form important articles of trade. Principal routes (1), f rom Allahabad to Nasirabad through Banda; (2), f rom Fathipur to Sagar through Ban da; (3), from Cawnpur to Jabalpur ; (4), from Cawnpur to Guna through Kalpi and Jhansi; (5), from Banda to Gwalior; and (6) from Agra to Sagar. The Jabalpur line of the East Indian Railway passes through the native states of Bundelkhand. Principal towns, Kalpi, Banda, Jhansi, Datiya, Urcha, Jalaun, Chhatrapur, Mahoba, and Tehari. The climate of Bundelkhand is sultry and unhealthy.

1em  BUNDI, a Rajput state of India, under the political superintendence of the Government of India through its agent in Rajputana, situated between 24 58 and 25 55 N. lat, and 75 23 and 76 36 E. long. It is bounded on the N. by the native states of Jaipur and Tonk; on the E. by the state of Kotal ; on the S. by Sindhia s territories and on the W. by the state of Udaipur. Many parts OA the state are wild and hilly, inhabited by a large Min.i population, a race of robbers. Two -rivers, the Chambia and the Nij, water the state; the former is navigable by country boats. Area, 2291 square miles ; population in 1871-72, 224,000, or 97 to the square mile. The chieftain and the greater part of his followers are Rajputs. Principal crops Indian com, jodr, wheat, pulses, and oil-seeds. Iron is found. The chief s annual income amounts to 50,000, derived from land-tax levied both in kind and money, and from customs. Thefts and petty robberies are still of frequent occurrence. Our political relations with Bundi commenced in 1804 during the Marhatta war, and in 1818 its chief accepted our protection. The present ruler has managed the state for the last fifty years, and done much to improve the condition of the people. Bundi pays an annual tribute of 4000 to the British Government.  BUNKER HILL, a small elevation, 110 feet high, in the town of, 1 mile N. of, in. One of the most celebrated s in the was fought here on the 17th of 1775. The remained masters of the field after a long and bloody contest. A commemorative, 221 feet high, has been erected in the centre of the grounds included within the redoubt on Breed's Hill. See, ..  BUNSEN, (1791-1860), was born 25th  1791, at, an old  in , one of the the smallest of. He was of honourable but humble origin. His father, to eke out the scanty subsistence provided by his few s of land, had entered a &ldquo;granted&rdquo; to  by the. Without promotion or encouragement, he attended conscientiously to the drudgery of his post during twenty-nine long years, to return at last, in 1789, a widower, with broken health and a miserable. Brighter days were in store for him through the affections of his second wife and the birth of Christian. It is on record, how joyous were the evenings in that old-fashioned home, when, after reading a chapter from the family, and devoutly  with his household, the kindly old man loved to prune, by pithy remarks and snatches of ial lore, the redundant enthusiasm and all-embracing fervour of his son. To the latter, success and a host of fond admirers seem from the first never to have been wanting. Nor did humility of demeanour, exquisite sympathy with all men, and an almost unexampled power of work ever fail him. The grammar school was brilliantly passed, and after it a first year of  studies, at, devoted to. But in those days attracted all superior minds, and the youth of eighteen found himself on his way thither with the last savings from his father's purse, intent upon appeasing his desire for those wider regions of  and  learning in which he knew his strength must lie. Again all avenues of outward success opened to the unpretending student; although so young he was entrusted with lessons at the school, and soon after with the office of private tutor to W. C. Astor, only son of  of. Bunsen soon became the acknowledged though unobtrusive centre of a chosen band of students, few only of whom have failed to attain that reputation to which their abilities seemed to call them,