1 THE COUNTRY NEAR ROHTAS. 117
2 well, lined with masonry, and a short distance
3 on the right a small village. Twovkos further
4 there is another small village, and then the
5 site of a fort or Sarae, with a small village
6 at the base of the-hills, about a mile and a half
7 to the north. About the sixth mile the ground
8 is undulating, and though, as before stated, it
9 appears to be generally good for crops, yet it is
10 here and there stony: after which the sandy
11 bed of a hill-stream is reached, and the road
12 lies along it for about a mile and a half
13 farther, when a sharp turn to the left is made,
14 and the fort of Rohtas suddenly comes in view.
15 The road continues to wind by it: wheel
16 carriages proceeding along the same road for a
17 short distance; turn to the right. About half
18 a mile beyond the fort the road descends and
19 again crosses the Bakrala, the bed of which is
20 wide. Less than half a mile from its western
21 bank stands a fine Sarae built by Shah Jahan,
22 the Mogul Emperor.
23 The hills through which the road runs so
24 far do not appear to be above two hundred
25 feet in height, and the Nala has formed its
26 channel by continued reflections from point to