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Excerpt from An Account of the Mutinies in Oudh, and of the Siege of the Lucknow Residency: With Some Observations on the Condition of the Province of Oudh, and on the Causes of the Mutiny of the Bengal Army
During the cold season of 1856 57, he completed a tour through the whole of Oudh, with the object of testing the summary settlement of the Land Revenue, which had been completed; in order to ensure its moderation. To accomplish this duty successfully there was only one effectual means. This was to mix familiarly with the people; to enter their villages alone, or attended by a single horseman; to sit down among them, and let themselves Speak out their grievances. This was done in many quarters. The writer conversed with the people of Oudh in their villages, at their ploughs, freely, and without restraint. No native official interposed between him and them.
The result of his tour was a very large reduction of the Land Revenue, imposed by several of the district officers.
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