58 WESTERN HINDOOSTAN. 



monarchs, bred under the fevereft Ikies, have Ihewn themfelves 

 monfters of cruelties, notvvithftanding they have been held up 

 to us as models of greatnefs. Among thofe of the North are 

 Bafilovitz II. and Peter the Great. And in Hindoojian, the favo- 

 rite Akbar, and others, fucceflbrs or predeceffors. Their enor- 

 mities are the refult of education ; indulged firft in every in- 

 fant-paflion, then in thofe of youth, till they become ungovern- 

 able ; and every oppofition to their will appears criminal, and 

 brings on the moll dreadful revenge, and the frequent havoke 

 of the human race. Compare then the manners of the 

 princes of this country with thofe of the myriads of the mean- 

 eft of the Hindoo fubjedis ; education has produced monfters of 

 the former : climate has foftened into gentlenefs, rtfignation, 

 and the fulleft fubmiffion in the minds of the latter to every 

 evil, to famine, ficknefs, and tyrannic fury. 

 AziMERE. Akbar ere<fted his conqueft into a foubahfliip, and named 



it that of Agwtere or Azimere. At prefent Audapour, Joodpour^ 

 and Jeinagur, antient principalities of the Ralpoots, remain in 

 their defcendants. Moft of the reft of the Soubahfliip is pof- 

 felTed by the Mahrattas, or by Sindia. Mr. Remiel thinks the 

 capital, Agimere^ to have been the Gagafmiru of Ptolemy, It is 

 built in aoout lat. a6° 32, at the foot of a lofty mountain,, 

 crowned with a fortrefs of great ftrength. Little is faid of the 

 eity. It feems holy ground, and produdlive of holy men. 

 Akbar, in want af an heir, made a pilgrimage to this place to 

 the flirine of Chaja Mom, in confequence of a vow he had made 

 in cafe he was blefled with a fon, which his favorite Sultana 

 prefented him with juft before *. To infure fnccefs, he had 



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