| Description | His work is 'absurdly excessive'. He cameout a fortnight ago and only left his tent the day before yesterday, to go shooting. The work is unsatisfactory, and William outlines the positions of planters and ryotts, with a total breach of confidence between the two sides. The Indian zamindars and their ryotts are indifferent to the struggle. He asks his father to imagine the situation if Lord Derby was a pawnbroker, userer, farmer and manusfacturer of potatoes on Irish estates and getting his potatoes sown for nothing for fifty years. The courts in India are swamped and William must hear and decide upon issues with no eveidence and keep the peace in the district. Besides this, he is responsible for the Treasury, Revenue, Police, and other things, giving a cartoon sketch of the state of his head. William discusses letters from home, noting that [William] Waterfield has gone to Madras and his circle of friends has lessened. He describes Mr Neile, comparing him to the Bishop of Oxford and saying that he is 'a splendid character'. |