1 INTRODUCTION. ^
2 bf aferoog posts, tweke or fifteen &et liigfa* We told diej wieie
3 iiMMBt to take nibge in dnriiig the immdiirioo, iduaa theaninAi^.fcv
4 ten or twdveoOM (twenty or twoatj-ibar inileB)* hmitrnhnHawtn
5 uideff'initer. -i-.
6 Thcf people were remarkably civil and well behavecL T^eir feii^
7 tures were "moTO pleasing than those of the people at Bahawulpore
8 and ]\Ioiiltnun ; and their nppcarance and complexion continuwl to
9 improve as we got nortlnv-nd, till we reached the ferry : their dress
10 improved in the same manner. Even towards the south, the men
11 were ali dre^.8ed in gowns of white or bine cotton, and had no part of
12 their bodies exposi il, which, with their ix aids, and th^ gravitv and
13 decencv of their bf fi iviour. tvkuIc them look like Moulavees (or di>c-
14 tors of Mahomuiedaa law), in llindoostan. Even there, they wore
15 brownish grey great-coats of coarse woollen cloth ; and that dress be-
16 came iiM»e copunoD towards the north, where all the people wore
17 eo1<mred dodiea, blue, red, orchMiE; die tnitNUi aim la tharo ev*-
18 changed fyt caps of gilted 8ilk» not ttnUke Wdah wigs, and OMCaifilji
19 not handaome. Oar ludting placea were generally at large villager
20 One waa tA hem, wbich although it girea its name to the^pio^iiMte^' b
21 apoor plaee^ eontainingabont fiye hnndied hoiuea.
22 At nUBj of liheae viUagea.jae tombai like tfaoae aliead^ oa^oed
23 Ibe handaomeat k iShtA ■ of MahonuiMd Baojlui, it e irjUt^je .tbaA
24 hem hia name. It b an octagon buildiug* tfaaree or four atories high*
25 and covered with painted tika» At .^h comer of the lower story la
26 a onall loond tower, ammoiinted hy a little minaret, vbich has a gdod
27 cAbct lliese tomba aie teoepicuoua objecti, hsmg.gmaiify amx
28 fiom stage to stage.
29 T ouijht also to notice a hijih bank, which ran to the rifjlit of our
30 road, from the march north of Leia to the ierry ; thougii now seven
31 miles from the Indus, it is said to have been the eastern bank of that
32 river at no very remote periotl, and its appearance is favomable to the
33 storv. At T^eia, I was joined by two Lk>oraunee horsemen, the first
34 I had an opportunity of observ ing. They were sent by the governor
35 of the province to accompany me to lua imuts. They botii wore laxge
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