1 M INTRODUCTION.
2 Ths iMtiires called it Tope o£ Afiutiiof Miit» iad «dd k
3 buill by the 9odi. * ■
4 MiDy bwheit and cue pretty kiige BiDyaii tiee^ grew out of Uie
5 building.
6 Befiire we reached the Hydaspes, we had a viev of the famous foft
7 of Rotas, but it waa at a great distahoe^ owing to our having left the
8 main road, and crossed, fifteen or sixteen miles lower donm than the
9 oinal lerxy at Julum. Rotaa ire.utidenrtood to be an estebaEvre bat
10 strong fort on a low Iiill.
11 We crossed the Hydaspes at Jellalpoor, in the course of fire days,
12 from the 22d of July to the 2Gth inclusive. I was greatly struck
13 with the difference between the banks of this river ; the lefl bank had
14 all the characteristics of the plains of India, it was indeed as flat and
15 as rich as Bengal, which it trreatly resembled : the ri;iht hank, on the
16 contrary, was formed bv the end of tlu^ ranjio of s alt liills, formerly
17 seen at C alla-baugh, and had an air of extreme ruggedness and wildness,
18 that must inspii e a fearful presentiment of the country he was entering,
19 into the mind oi a traveller from tlie east. The hills still retain the red
20 colour for which they were so remarkable, where we crossed them
21 before. Tliev came lu the edge of the river, which being also divided
22 by islands, presents exactly the appearance one expects from the
23 accounts of the ancients. So precisely does Quintus Curtius's de-
24 scription of the scene of Poms's battle ccurrespond with die part of
25 the Hydaspes where- ire crossed, that several geutkmen of die mi^
26 SHKi iribo leUdthepaasage on the spot, were pertnaded that it reftfied
27 to the Teiy ]^Acd befivre their eyea.
28 After passing the Hydaspes, ire continnad our march aanoas the
29 P^anb, vduch oeenpied fiom the flSdi ef My tOl the 99th of An.
30 * Tope i» an eiqpreuion used for a mound or burrow as far west as Peshawer, and
31 itaanioynh ivtlieiHme of •» adjoining village. The chawing was made at Pbouaundtf
32 my direction, sketches made by different gendomcn on the day after our viait t»
33 Maunicyaula. In such circumstances, minute accuraqr cannot be expected, but ifae
34 neral idea oiuiT^ed by the drawing is I tliink correct
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