1 INTaODUCTIOM. \^
2 Ki^ Soon* is m im& of a good height, and a Me tmnpAezioiiy
3 ftr on Uun. He has black ^sken and • beard (except on the,
4 middle<lf hit dini)» e long nosei and lUojpootiealn^ he has a good
5 &oe» end a smiliiig ooontenaaoe. He is reckoned an eppMiTe princa
6 it n stronc^ly suspected that he poisoned his elder brother* whom he
7 succeeded ; and, it is certain, that he murdered an agient sent fitntl
8 the Vizier of Hmdoatan to the King of Caubul. Yet, as he is Teiy
9 strict in his devotion<i, and particular in the diet prescribed by his re-
10 ligion'*', his suV)jects allow him the character of a sainti
11 I returned his visit on the next day but one, having hepn invited
12 by his second son, who, thou^li m infant, wns- sent for that purpose
13 with a <^eat retinue. The fort Itmked well, as we approached. It
14 was a confused assemblage of towers and battlements, overtopped by
15 houses crowded together. It is about a (]uarter ol a mile square, sur-
16 rounded with a wall thirtjr-feet high, and a good dry ditch. The
17 palace whs aeurioosdd boildbig^ hiivhidi» After ascending Several
18 flights of slqis, we came to a oomt sdrKwmded bj building and then
19 had one huiidred yards to go» btefbrewe reached a snudl* stonie hall,
20 supported faj pillan, where the Biya took hw seat nnikr hia canof»y«
21 court-was diflhrent fiom any thing I had seen, those present b^
22 big ' fiurer tiian other Hindostanees, and marked by their Jewish &^
23 tares inid showy txirbans. Tlie Raja and his relations had turbans of
24 mai^ colours, richly adorned widi jewels, and the Raja sat resting; his
25 arms on a shield of steel, the bosses and rim of which were set with
26 diamonds and nibies. After some time, the llajali proposed that we
27 should witliciraw trom the heat and crowd, and conducted us into a
28 very neat, C04>1, and private apartment, in a separate court ; the walls
29 were of plaster, as fine as stucco, and were ornamented in good taste 5
30 the doors were closed with curtains of China satin. WTien we were
31 seated on the ground, in the Indian way, the Raja began a speech, in
32 wfafch he said he was a subject of iAb throne of DeUy« that tkSfy waa
33 • It in wbimiucal that tbg Hindoo* of the anndaof Rikanopr ■hould partMwhurljr ol^ect to