1 240 THE LORDS OF THE HILLS ;
2 about 1786, leaving an only son, who after reigning little more
3 than a year died at the age of fourteen. On this Jey Sing, only
4 son of Delele Sing, a younger brother of Bijerei Sing, became
5 Rajah, and so continued until his death in 1809. On the occur-
6 rence of this event his sons and family fled across the Sutlej,
7 leaving their territories to the Seiks, who retained possession
8 thereof until the year 1818, when the present Golaub Sing, the
9 eightieth in descent from the founder of the family, was made
10 Rajah of Jummoo by Maharajh Runjeet Sing.
11 The second son of Drupe Dehu, was, as before mentioned,
12 Kousar Dehu, whose lineal descendant and rightful heir is the
13 present Meean Laub Sing.
14 The third son of Drupe Dehu was Sooruth Sing, who had
15 three sons, the 1st, Zorover Sing, 2nd, Meean Mota (who acted
16 as Wuzeer to Jey Sing) and the 3rd Meean Jellah. The first of
17 these, Zorover Sing, had an only son, Meean Kosour Sing, the
18 father of the present Golaub Sing and his brethren. The second,
19 Meean Mota, had one son, Bupe Sing, who died, leaving an only
20 son, Bujer Dehu, a young man at present living, a poor depen-
21 dant on the Lords of the Hills. The third, Meean Jellah, died
22 without issue.
23 The fourth son of Drupe Dehu, Bulwunt Sing, died without
24 issue.
25 Thus these eighty generations embrace a period of about 2371
26 years, beginning about 527 before our era, and by computation
27 about 29 § years to each member, which may not be consi-
28 dered too much, considering the plain simple life and generally
29 moderate habits of the Rajpoot tribes.
30 "We now return to Rajah Runjeet Dehu, and commence a
31 more minute relation of facts and incidents down to the present
32 day. Runjeet Dehu was born about the year 1724, and
33 was but a lad of eighteen, when his father, Rajah Drupe Dehu,
34 died in 1742. Runjeet Dehu in a few years after his