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2 jiom in our hands, and he seized the opportunity of my oOTning, to
3 ackncwleilge our sovereignty. He then called for the keys of his
4 fort, and insisted 01 my taking them, which 1 letused, disclaiming the
5 extended rightn ahcrilied to us. Alter a long contest, the Ruju con-
6 sented to keep the ke>& ; and w hen some more conversation had
7 passed^ a mob of daucing women eutei:ed, aod daoced and sung till
8 .We at. )aii(.nwiwMfimnBSIwk9eroa .«lie of
9 November. Thf)i«Hiiiti^.>rapMBed.aii thetvofinj^
10 llwife tUnmSi^: ^fmtSbed^ and opir . people irera 10 6tigind«ft«r the
11 ■eqoQ^ innnih, 4t«t ye.mteoded to Iwte lialtedft daj to nfietb tliem»
12 when lihA Demiim of. tli0 Bej»of Bikaneer wcgueinted iiaivith loiiie
13 movement^'Of a certain partizan, and some of the predatory tribet
14 of the desart, which induced us to move in the dUy Uliteed of -the
15 • B%ht, to enable us the better to protect our baggage.
16 In consequence of this clnin«je, the generale beat at two o'clock in
17 the mormng (November iyth), l)ui it was day-light before our water
18 • and all our other loads were prepared, and it was dark before we
19 reache<l our iriouiul iii Vuo<z^i\j after a march of twenty-four miles.
20 The whole was wavy baiui-inlls, some of them of aii tuilonishing
21 height Ojir people were in great distress for water during the whole
22 daj* v'At Pooggulf bbire^er, we fetuid abimdaiioe of good water fof
23 «lew .It wea nvwailer pieiefved hi anall leienroin^ vaiilted over
24 irith brick and mortar, Hieie wu wdUHvatar alao^'vdiidi waa
25 hnddah* Iwt «ot .noadaiiBi Ilka waUa wm not mart than half aa
26 deep aa thoae of Bikaiieer,. . .
27 We haked'on the @Otb of November, to take in waleiv and I had
28 a good opportune oC«xamining the place. If I eoold present to my '
29 readier the fore-ground of high sand hills, the village of straw huts^
30 the clay walls of the Httle fort going to ruins, as the ground which '
31 supported them was tilown away by tlie wind, nnd the sea of sand
32 without a sign of vegetation, which formed the rest of the prospect,
33 he probabljr would feel as I did, a sort of wonder at the people who
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