CHAPTER II. 



THE SAWUNTWARI INSURRECTION. 



SAWUNTWAEI is a forest tract at the 

 southern extremity of what is called 

 the Southern Mahratta country, abut- 

 ting on the Portuguese territory and 

 on the province of Belgaum. It lies 

 between the tableland and the sea, and 

 is not far from the ghauts or wild 

 passes which lead up from the lowlands 

 to Soopah. Five such passes give 

 access to the Soopah talook from Goa, 

 and as many more ascend to Belgaum 

 from thence, and from Sawuntwari ; 



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