little real influence with the people, a considerable portion of the wealth of the Province is diverted into their useless pockets.” This is pretty much the state of the Brâhmans further east. As Mr. Sherring [177] says of the Benares Brâhman:—“Light in complexion in comparison with the rest of the people, frequently tall in stature, with the marks of a clear penetrating intelligence depicted plainly, and sometimes in a striking manner, upon his countenance, erect, proud, self-conscious, the Brâhman walks along with the air of a man unlike any I have ever seen, in which self-sufficiency, a sense of superiority and a conviction of inherent purity and sanctity are combined.” 33. Besides these sacerdotal Brâhmans there are, it is needless to say, numbers who have no religious functions whatever, who serve as soldiers or messengers, clerks in our offices, and the like. There is also a large body of Brâhman agriculturists, though most of them will not themselves touch the plough. DISTRIBUTION OF BRÂHMANS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+============================= District. | Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dehra Dûn | 15,027 Sahâranpur | 44,250 Muzaffarnagar | 41,427 Meerut | 108,071 Bulandshahr | 92,000 Aligarh | 131,798 Mathura | 113,936 Agra | 122,636 Farrukhâbâd | 78,220 Mainpuri | 56,301 Etâwah | 91,019 Etah | 53,313 Bareilly | 47,085 Bijnor | 27,118 Budâun | 57,002 Morâdâbâd | 43,578 Shâhjahânpur | 60,453 Pilibhît | 25,147 Cawnpur | 178,399 Fatehpur | 68,180 Bânda | 99,041 Hamîrpur | 49,570 Allahâbâd | 196,349 Jhânsi | 34,633 Jâlaun | 48,269 Lalitpur | 21,745 Benares | 102,978 Mirzapur | 165,885 Jaunpur | 150,908 Ghâzipur | 68,379 Ballia | 103,547 Gorakhpur | 265,550 Basti | 196,412 Azamgarh | 110,103 Kumâun | 134,841 Garhwâl | 97,581 Tarâi | 6,705 Lucknow | 44,414 Unâo | 122,056 Sîtapur | 103,850 Hardoi | 113,190 Kheri | 69,654 Faizâbâd | 159,637 Gonda | 230,507 Bahrâich | 87,481 Sultânpur | 162,509 Partâbgarh | 124,424 Bârabanki | 86,091 +~~~~~~~~~ | { Males 2,455,791 Total |4,719,882 { | { Females 2,264,091 ==============+=============================