1 20 WTRODUCTION.
2 liberal and kind to ut during our stay, .without over cxnlkj or oer^
3 mony ; and» he liad an appearance of sincerity in every thing be taid,
4 which made lus diew of friendship the more agreeable.
5 We lode out during our luJt at Bahawulpoor, and saw the
6 town and its environs. The town is about four miles in circumfe-
7 rence ; but there are pirdens of mangoc trees within the walk. The
8 houses are of unburiit bricks, witli terraces of mud : Tlie city wall is
9 of mud, and very thin. Bahawulpoor is remarkable for the manufac-
10 ture of lougees, or silken girdles, and imhans. The inhabitants of
11 tliis, *antl all the- lu iglibouring countries on the west and north, are
12 principally Juts and Beloches, who profess the Maliommedaa reiigion.
13 There are more Hindoos at Bahavrulpoor than any of the other pro-
14 vinoea the miaiion peaaed through : A^anna are fiweigners thera
15 Hie oountiy, ibr four or Bve milea on each aide of th6 Hyphasis, ia
16 Jbrmed of Ihe alime^ depoaited b^ the river. It ia very rich* and o£>
17 len ao aoft that it «annot be ridden on. Some parte are highly cuUi-
18 vaM» and othera are covered with ooppioe of low tamariak^ in which
19 pre many wild boars, and hog deer; wild geese, partridtges* florilEcna, '
20 and other game are alao abundant on the banks of the river.
21 The river winds much at this pUce, and is very muddy, but the
22 water, when cleared, is excellent It is here called the Gfaarra, and
23 ia formed by the joint atreama o£ the Hyphasiai or -Begah| and Hyni^
24 dnis, or Sutletlge.
25 The mission marcheil on the 5th of Der( nil>er from the right bank
26 of the Hyphasis, and re u hed Moultaun on the 11th, a distance of
27 near seventy miles. Alter the first five or six miles, the country was
28 in general dry, sandy, and destitute of grass, l)ul scattered with
29 bushes. Immediately roiuid tiie villages, which were pretty aumep*
30 ous, were fields <^ wheat, cottcua, and turnips, in a thriving condition*
31 Them were ao great a number of laige. and*deq» water-ooniaea
32 throughout the whole joumey* that judging ficoin them aloo^ one.
33 would have suppoaed the ooontiy to.be highly coHivited.
34 Aefoff^ we reached Koultaun, we f«m .overtaken by twenty^*
35 cimela^ aent op by Baiunrul JKhaun. .Ihet cfai^ ia fionoua for hia:
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