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2 exceeding those of Lahore ; — in fact, every commodity sold at
3 Lahore comes from Umritsir. Thus Umritsir may, in a com-
4 mercial point of view, be considered the wholesale, and Lahore,
5 the retail shop of the Punjaub.
6 Note.
7 " General Avitahile, an En- General Avitabile is not
8 ropean officer, lately in the supposed to have ever spent
9 service of the Sikh Govern- any but the state money, in
10 ment, who spent much of his erecting buildings, or improv-
11 accumulated wealth in decor at- ing the locality of any place,
12 ing and improving the locality even his own residence; — Ge-
13 of his residence." — Page 5. nerals Allard and Ventura,
14 though they received some large sums from Runjeet to enable
15 them to build up and decorate their residence of Anarkullee,
16 still they did, it is believed, spend some of their own private
17 money, on the completion of that object.
18 Note.
19 " Tlie upper part of the The upper part of the river
20 Jeylum runs through the vale Jeelum cannot be said to run
21 of Kashmir, which is likewise through the Vale of Cash-
22 watered by several broad and mere ; as the most northern
23 beautiful Lakes, one of which stream and main source of
24 is twenty miles in length, and the Jeelum, rises in the holy
25 nine in width." — Page 6. tank, or holy precincts of the
26 shrine of Mutter, beyond the high range of the Thibet moun-
27 tains, that run north of Cashmere. It is the second or lesser
28 and southern stream, which may be put down as but a tributary
29 stream, that rises in the Peer Punjaub range, about S. E. of
30 Cashmere, and runs through the valley, and joins the main
31 stream a little below Mozuffurabad*
32 Note.
33 " It was with some difficulty Very few in the Punjaub,
34 that the Rajah Dhyan Sing if any, who were acquainted
35 (Runjeet' s minister,) under with the character of Rajah
36 strong excitement, was pre- Dehan Sing, ever doubted the
37 vented from throwing himself hypocrisy of this act, and it
38 into the flames. Considera- was indeed far from being
39 ble doubt has been thrown over the general opinion, that he
40 the sincerity of this intended fully intended to burn himself
41 act of self devotion ; but the with the body of Runjeet.
42 general opinion was, that he . His motive for playing this
43 fully intended it, from the ap- farce, was any thing but mis-
44 parent absence of any motive understood, by all those who
45 for hypocrisy T — Page 19. knew him.