A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.172

v1.c7.172

There are many conjectures as to the origin of Deshmookhs¹ the country. The general transit is a ready-money payment, and was commonly, at least by the Mahomedans, reserved by government; but the right of collecting within the range of the Kusba is portioned in an intricate manner, and most of the permanent agents of government have some right to share in the customs, which, by them, are collected in kind. Many persons have pensions upon the customs; a right of levying a small share from certain articles, or exacting something from every one exposing their merchandize on a particular spot. These descend as hereditary, and with the divisibility common to all Hindoo property.