When their crops fail the Ryot peasants are unable to pay the tax-gatherers, and they get into debt and become quite helpless.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
Under his paternal care the Danish Bonde was a mere hewer of wood and drawer of water; his lot was no better than that of the most miserable Ryot of Bengal.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Isn't it Steevens who says the Indian Ryot has been starving for thirty centuries and sees no reason why he should be filled?
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas