10. Narsinghpur and Kandeli are practically one town. The Government
offices and houses of the European residents are in Kandeli, which is
a mile east of Narsinghpur. The original name of Narsinghpur was
Gadaria Khera. The modern name is due to the erection of a large
temple to Narsingha, one of the forms of Vishnu. The district of
Narsinghpur lies in the Nerbudda valley, west and south-west of
Jubbulpore.
11. All classes of Indians still frequently refuse to employ any
medicines in cases of either cholera or small-pox, supposing that the
attempt to use ordinary human means is an insult to, and a defiance
of, the Deity.
12. Vaccination was not practised in India in those days. The
practice of it, although still unpopular in most places, has extended
sufficiently to check greatly the ravages of small-pox. In many
municipal towns vaccination is compulsory.
13._Quem deus vult perdere, prius dementat_.
14. The judge cleverly combines the opinions of the adherents of both
sects.
CHAPTER 26
Artificial Lakes in Bundelkhand--Hindoo, Greek, and Roman Faith.
On the 11th[1] we came on twelve miles to the town of Bamhauri,
whence extends to the south-west a ridge of high and bare quartz
hills, towering above all others, curling and foaming at the top,
like a wave ready to burst, when suddenly arrested by the hand of
Omnipotence, and turned into white stone.
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