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Some banditti v/ho plundered the country, and made their 

 nightly excurlions roiind the fortrefs, had for the lake of pil- 

 fering made an attempt to find a path up the rock ; they fuc- 

 ceeded, and in the dead of night often got within the walls. 

 This was communicated to Colonel Popham ; he firft fent feme 

 trufty people with one of the thieves ; the pratfticability of fur- 

 prifing the place, notwithftanding the great danger of the at- 

 tempt, was made evident. In the midft of darknefs the rock 

 was fcaled, the parties got lafe up, mounted the walls, and in a 

 few minutes, on AuguJJ 4th, 1780, made themfeives maimers of 

 Gxvalior, impregnable except by the refiftlefs hand of famine. 

 I refer to Mr. 'Jonathan Scott for his very curious account of the 

 wonderful bulinefs. In 1783, Madagee fet down before the 

 place with an army of fevcnty thoufand men ; treachery alone 

 could have given him fuccefs. The place was garrifoned by 

 Indians^ part of whom permitted his entrance on one fide, 

 while an attack w^as made on another, equally ill defended. 

 Mr. Bodges^ in his firft vol. tab. V, VI. gives two fine views of the 

 fortrefs, and at p. 139 of his travels, the account of the capture, 

 from Mr. Scott. 



Abidfazelt in the Ayeen^ ii. p. 47, fpeaks of the iron mines 

 of G-zvalior., of its fi.ne fingers, and beautiful women ; of the pro- 

 fitable and rich copper w^orks of Beerat^ and a filver mine not 

 worth working ; and of the confiderable manufactures of 

 woollen carpets and glafs at Allore. 



Calpv, a town on the fouthern banks, about feventy miles Calpv, 

 from Etazia^ is famous, for being the place from which Ge- 

 neral GoDDARD began his ftupendous march acrofs the broadefl 



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