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INTRODUCTORY NOTES.
IN 1879, the Government of these Provinces permitted me to publish a
Digest of Rural and Agricultural Terms in general use. This Digest
was in a great measure based on the Glossaries of Sir H. M. Elliot, Profes-
sor H. H. Wilson, and Mr. J. R. Reid’s Azamgarh Glossary, supplemented
by a collection of words made from various settlement reports and other
available sources of information. Por a number of terms current in
Gorakhpur and the adjoining districts I was myself responsible. This
pamphlet was circulated to officers in the Educational and Revenue
Departments for additions and corrections. During the following year a
mass of materials of various degrees of interest and value came into my
hands. These in the intervals of official work I endeavoured to classify
and arrange, and during that time my duties as Manager of the Awa
Estate under the Court of Wards gave me some special opportunities for
prosecuting enquiries of this kind, of which I availed myself as far as
possible. By 1885 the Glossary was in a great measure completed. It
was then reprinted and circulated to the following gentlemen, to all of
whom I beg to express my obligations for much valuable assistance :
Messrs. Y. A. Smith, P. Whalley, and E. N. Wright of the Bengal Civil
Service; Mr. J. Nesfield of the OudhEducational Department; Mr. John
Michel of Dasnah ; Captain L. D. Hearsey of Kheri ; M. Ajudhia Pershâd
of Shâhjahânpur ; Râna Shankar Baksh of Râe Bareli ; Raja Lachhman
Singh, Deputy Collector, Bulandshahr; M. Piyâre Lâl of the North-
Western Provinces Educational Department; Pandit Kashi Nath, Head
Master, Zilla School, Muzaffarnagar ; and M. Wazir Ahmad of Hume’s
High School, Etâwah.
The next question which arose was the form of the Glossary. In the
original Digest of 1879 I arranged the words by subjects, on the system
which was afterwards more fully carried out by Mr. G. A. Grierson, C.S.,
in his very valuable “ Bihar Peasant Life.” This plan had its manifest
advantages in bringing together at a glance the synonymous terms in use
in various parts of the Province. But as I proceeded with the work I
found this system practically unworkable, and I was obliged to revert to
the ordinary alphabetical arrangement. I have, however, added an
elaborate system of cross references, by which the terms of cognate
IN 1879, the Government of these Provinces permitted me to publish a
Digest of Rural and Agricultural Terms in general use. This Digest
was in a great measure based on the Glossaries of Sir H. M. Elliot, Profes-
sor H. H. Wilson, and Mr. J. R. Reid’s Azamgarh Glossary, supplemented
by a collection of words made from various settlement reports and other
available sources of information. Por a number of terms current in
Gorakhpur and the adjoining districts I was myself responsible. This
pamphlet was circulated to officers in the Educational and Revenue
Departments for additions and corrections. During the following year a
mass of materials of various degrees of interest and value came into my
hands. These in the intervals of official work I endeavoured to classify
and arrange, and during that time my duties as Manager of the Awa
Estate under the Court of Wards gave me some special opportunities for
prosecuting enquiries of this kind, of which I availed myself as far as
possible. By 1885 the Glossary was in a great measure completed. It
was then reprinted and circulated to the following gentlemen, to all of
whom I beg to express my obligations for much valuable assistance :
Messrs. Y. A. Smith, P. Whalley, and E. N. Wright of the Bengal Civil
Service; Mr. J. Nesfield of the OudhEducational Department; Mr. John
Michel of Dasnah ; Captain L. D. Hearsey of Kheri ; M. Ajudhia Pershâd
of Shâhjahânpur ; Râna Shankar Baksh of Râe Bareli ; Raja Lachhman
Singh, Deputy Collector, Bulandshahr; M. Piyâre Lâl of the North-
Western Provinces Educational Department; Pandit Kashi Nath, Head
Master, Zilla School, Muzaffarnagar ; and M. Wazir Ahmad of Hume’s
High School, Etâwah.
The next question which arose was the form of the Glossary. In the
original Digest of 1879 I arranged the words by subjects, on the system
which was afterwards more fully carried out by Mr. G. A. Grierson, C.S.,
in his very valuable “ Bihar Peasant Life.” This plan had its manifest
advantages in bringing together at a glance the synonymous terms in use
in various parts of the Province. But as I proceeded with the work I
found this system practically unworkable, and I was obliged to revert to
the ordinary alphabetical arrangement. I have, however, added an
elaborate system of cross references, by which the terms of cognate