68 WESTERN HINDOOSTAN. 



mofque and tomb of the founder are entirely built of marble and 

 flone. The lafl: is of exqiiifite workmanfhip, and, notwithftand- 

 ing it has flood above four hundred years, remains uninjured by 

 the length of time. Afnedabad\W2.s founded out of the ruins of 

 the Hindoo cities. The walls flill remain, and are lix miles in cir- 

 cumference, in which were twelve gates. Such was its ftate in 

 the days of Aureiigzebe. At prefent, not a quarter within the 

 walls are inhabited, and nothing but the veftiges of the fuburbs, 

 which once extended three miles round the outfide of the walls, 

 are to be feen. The Mahrattas made aconqueft of it. Goddard 

 Taken by attacked and took it by ftorm on February 15, 1780, after a moft 

 Stoem. vigorous reliftance. It was garrifoned chiefly by Arabs and 



Sindiajts, the braveft of troops. Numbers periflied in the rage 

 of the ftorm. No a6t of humanity was omitted by the general 

 to the furvivers. The gratitude of the vanquiflied was equalled 

 to the generofity of the vid:or*. 



Heroes mufi not entirely engrofs my pen : as a naturalifl:, 

 I muft defcend to fpeak of inferior fubjedls, of the little fpecies 

 of finch, which takes its name from Amedabad^ fee Latham iii. 



Amedaead 



Finch. 311. Ed%v. tab. 335. It is the left of the genus, remarkable for 



its beauty, and for a fweet but fhort note. They are often im- 

 ported into Europe. The elegantfquirrel, called the Fair (Hift. 

 Quad. ii. N° 343.) is alfo an inhabitant of the woods of 

 Guzzerat. 



The flying Maucauco (Hift. Quad. i. N° i£6.) is co-tenant 

 of the fame forefts. It wholly inhabits the trees. In dcfcend- 



* Wars in Afia, i. 90. 102. 



ing 



