Excerpt from Anglo-Indian Worthies We have hitherto been considering Mr. Munro as a military officer. He was now about to quit the exciting and adventurous life of a soldier for a time, and to enter on civil employ and it is not using too strong language to say that he proved himself to be the very best civilian that India had yet seen. One Of the provinces then ceded to the Company was the Baramahal, or the twelve districts. It comprised the northern half of the present district Of Salem, and part Of North Arcot, being a continuation Of the table-land of Mysore and the Dekkan, and beingobe tween two and three thousand feet above the level of the sea. It was a beautiful and pleasant country, being diver sified here and there by hills Of considerable height and loveliness. The administration of the districts hitherto held in Southern India had not been a success; and, on the occupation of the newly acquired territory, Lord Corn wallis, the governor-general, who had himself conducted the campaign against Tippoo, and who was then at Madras, determined to place it under carefully selected military Officers, the services Of competent civilians acquainted with the languages and habits of the people not being available. Captain Read was chosen for t is duty, with the title of Superintendent of Revenue in he Baramahal, with three assistants under him, one of whom was Mr. Munro. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.