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 sold. When this ws discovered, the sellers were brought. tO justice. Destitution at length reached such pitch that men began to devour ech other, and the flesh of  son ws preferred to his love. Tho numbers of the dying cused obstructions in the rods, nd every man whose dire sufferings did not terminate in deth nd who retained the power to mox'e wndered off to the towns and x'illages of other cormtries. Those lnds which had been fmons for their fertility nd plenty now retained no trce of prodnctix'eness. . . . . . The Emperor in his gracious 'kindness and bonnty directed the oflicigls of Bnrhsnpur, Ahmsdsbsd, and the country of 8urat, to establish soup kitchens, or simshouses, such as are called lsngar in the language of Hindustan, for the benefit of the poor and destitute. Every day' sufficient soup and bregd was prepared to satisfy the wants o[ the hungry. It was farther ordered that so long as His lfsjesty remained rupees should be distributed at Burhanpnr 5000 among the deserving poor every lIondsy, that dzy being distinguished above all others as the day of the Emperor's accession to the throne. Thus, on twenty Iondsys one lsc of rupees was given sway in charity. Ahmsdsbsd has suffered more severely than say other place, and so His Majesty ordered the officials to distribute 50,000 rupees among the hess of grain other countries: fmine-stricken people. hd cused Want of grain great distress and dear- in many So under the direction of the wise and generous Emperor taxes amounting to nearly seventy lacs of rnpees were remitted by the revenne officers--s sum amounting to nearly eighty krors of dams, and mounting to one eleventh part of the whole revenue. When such remissions were made from the exchequer, it may be conceived how great were the reductions made by the nobles who held jagira nd manssbs.