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3 enndi) ioine of which he kaept tat his own nie, waA dwaji himti
4 upon them. TTiey are very generally jised' in dl the deaart ooantiyv
5 and are admirably calcnkitod for long jonmejs. An elderly nunirter
6 of the Raja of BUunoieen, whom I met at Sii^puu, had just oome.dn
7 a camel from Bikaneer (a distance of one hundred and aeveaty-'&ve
8 miles) in three days. Several of our party liked them so weU, as to
9 continue to ride them for pleasure, after we had croaaed the Indilt.
10 Their walk and trot are far from being very uneasy.
11 The city ot Moultaun stands about four rnik s fixmi the lett bank
12 of the Chenaub, or Acesines. It is abt)ve fuur miles and a half in
13 circumference. It is surrounded with a line wall, between forty and
14 fifty feet high, with towers at regular distances, it has also a citadel
15 on a rising ground, and several fine tombs, particularly two, with very
16 high cupolas, ofnemented with tlie painted and i^aied tile alieadj
17 notieedf which altogether give it a magnificent appearance. Theae
18 tomba are seen itom a great diataaoe all lound the town. Mtndtaim
19 ia fiuKMia toot ita ailka» and lor a aoit c£ carpet, mndi inferior to thoae
20 cf Fenna. Hie oountiy immediately nrand the cily W!aa vecy pleaa*
21 hm^ firtile» well cultivated, and well watered from wcilla. The pedple
22 were like those at Bahawulpoor, except that there were more men
23 who looked like Persians mixed with thcan ; theae^ however* were in- '
24 ^viduala, and chiefly horsemen.
25 The mission remained for nineteen days in the neighbourhood of
26 Moultaun, and as most of the party were out almost every day from
27 seven or oi^ht to three or ibur, shooting, hunting, or hawking, we
28 had froocl opportunities of observing the country. The land was flat,
29 ami tlio soil excellent, but a large proportion ot the villages were in
30 ruiuti, and iliere were other signs of a well cultivated country going
31 to decay ; about one-half was still cultivated, and most abundantly
32 watered by Persian wheels : the produce was wheat, millet, oottOD»
33 . turnips, eanrota, and indigo. The ireea wcie chiefly neem* and date^
34 with here and there a peepnl f tie& The uncokivated country near.