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2 then ascends some hills about five hundred feet
3 high, leaving the Nala on theeright ‘hand.
4 Between the fifth and sixth mile there are two
5 tanks, on the right hand; the first is an old
6 one, the second is now being dug by order
7 of Raja Dhian Singh, the prime minister,
8 for the accommodation of passengers. There
9 are also a few shops close to these tanks:
10 Between the sixth and, seventh mile the Nala
11 is again seen on the right hand, at the distance
12 of less than half a mile. It joins the Rohtas
13 Nala about a mile and a half above the fort.
14 About the seventh mile there is another
15 appearance of a volcano. At the ninth mile
16 the road descends rapidly, and at the base of the
17 hill runs the Rohtas Nala, about four hundred
18 feet wide in sand, and in a ravine of very
19 variable dimensions; the hills are covered with
20 low bushes, and there is scarcely any cultiva-
21 tion except close to the two tanks above men-
22 tioned. Every spot available in the ravine of
23 the Nala is, however, under cultivation. The
24 road, as it is now,’is quite impracticable for
25 wheel carriages ; but they can reach the place
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