The Hindu Dhârhis seldom or never employ a Brâhman except to take the auspices and fix a lucky day for the wedding. Two common proverbs show the opinion generally held of the Dhârhi—Dena lena kâm Dom Dhârhiyon ka, muhabbat dusri chîs hai.—“Taking presents is the way of pimps and buffoons; true love is quite a different thing.” Randi ki kamâi, ya khâe Dhârhi, ya khâe gâri. “The prostitute’s earnings go to the pimp or cabman.” DISTRIBUTION OF DHÂRHIS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ================+===============================+==============+======== Districts. | Hindus. | Muhammadans. | Total. +~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+ | | Dusâdh. | Madhesya. | Others. | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Bulandshahr | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 Mathura | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 Agra | ... | ... | ... | 86 | 86 Farrukhâbâd | ... | ... | 12 | 67 | 79 Mainpuri | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 16 Etah | ... | ... | ... | 32 | 32 Budâun | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 Shâhjahânpur | ... | ... | ... | 180 | 180 Cawnpur | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 38 Bânda | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 31 Hamîrpur | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 Allahâbâd | ... | ... | 1 | 48 | 49 Jhânsi | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 Jâlaun | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 Benares | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 8 Ghâzipur | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 34 Gorakhpur | 1,490 | 943 | 1,502 | 2 | 3,937 Basti | ... | ... | 2,294 | ... | 2,294 Azamgarh | ... | 17 | 54 | ... | 71 Lucknow | ... | ... | ... | 107 | 107 Unâo | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 35 Râê Bareli | ... | ... | ... | 115 | 115 Sîtapur | ... | ... | ... | 80 | 80 Hardoi | ... | ... | ... | 91 | 91 Kheri | ... | ... | ... | 128 | 128 Faizâbâd | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 36 Gonda | 988 | 4,273 | 1,384 | 93 | 6,738 Bahrâich | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 Sultânpur | ... | ... | ... | 74 | 74 Partâbgarh | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7