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grand lake east of the town, with all its finny tenants, is under his especial 

 protection ;* and the extensive suburb adjoining, with its rents, lands, and 

 transit duties, all belong to the god. Zaliji Sing moreover transmits to 

 the high priest the most valuable shawls, broadcloths, and horses ; and 

 throughout the long period of predatory warfare he maintained two 

 Neshans\ of a hundred firelocks each, for the protection of the temple. 

 His favourite son also, a child of love, is called Gordhun-das, the 'slave of 

 GoRDHUN,' one of the many titles of Kaniya. The prince of Marwar went 

 mad from the murder of the high priest of Jalindra, the epithet given to 

 Kaniya in that state : and the Raja of Sheopur,1: the last of the Gores, lost 

 his sovereignty by abandoning the worship of Hur, for Heri. The • slave' 

 of Radha (Radha-ca-das),^ such was the name of this prince, almost lived 

 in the temple, and used to dance before the statue of Kaniya. Had he 

 upheld the rights of him who wields the trident [tri-denta or tri-sula), the 

 tutelary deity of his capital, Siva-pur, instead of the unwarlike divinity 

 whose unpropitious title of RinchorH should never be borne by the martial 

 Rajput, his fall would have been more dignified, though it could not have 

 been retarded when the overwhelming torrent of the Mahrattas under 

 SiNDiA swept Rajwarra.^ 



A distinction is made between the grants to the temple and those for the 

 personal use of the pontiff, who affects at least never to apply any portion 

 of the former to his own use, and he can scarcely have occasion to do so ; 

 but when from the stores of Apollo could be purchased the spices of the 

 isles, the fruits of Persia, and the brocades of Guzerat, we may indulge 



* I had one day thrown my net into this lake, which abounded with a variety of fish, when 

 my pastime was interrupted by a message from the regent, Zalim Sing : " Tell Captain Tod that 

 " Kotah and all around it are at his disposal ; but these fish belong to Kaniya." I of course 

 immediately desisted, and the fish were returned to the safeguard of the deity. 



f A Neskan, or standard, is synonimous with a company. 



J Sheopur or Siva-pur, the city of Sheo or Siva, the god of war, whose battle-shout is 

 Hur; and hence one of his epithets, as Heri is that of Crishna or Kaniya. 



§ Radha was the name of the chief of the Gopis or nymphs of Vrij and the beloved of 

 Kaniya. |i See note, p. 288. 



f In October 1807 I rambled through all these countries, then scarcely known by name to 

 us. At that time Sheopdr was independent, and its prince treated me with the greatest 

 hospitality. In 1809 I witnessed its fall, when following with the embassy in the train of the 

 Mahratta leader. 



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