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BoPALTOL. 



GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



to his orders to obftrua the progrefs of our march. The Co- 

 lonel complied, but at the fame time abated nothing of his vi- 

 gilance, knowing the chara^er of the man to be compofed of 

 fraud and deceit. On the aoth the troops reached Malloojiy 

 the country fine, and well cultivated ; after that Kinlqjaby where 

 it was fuppofed that Ballagee had depofited his treafures, a large 

 fort and ftrong citadel, the property of that chieftain, and firft 

 town in the province of Malava. Kourney was reached oi\ 

 November 4th. Beyond, the fmall diftridt of Bilfab begins, 

 famed all over the eaft for its exquifite fnuff. 



Here Ballagee firft flung oft the raafque ; he fuddenly ap- 

 peared in our rear with five thoufand horfe, and made an at- 

 tack on the baggage without the left effeifl:. After a march 

 of fixty miles farther, to Burjeahy it was found that Balla^ 

 ge€'s troops had increafed to ten thoufand, with which he 

 continually harafTed the rear, but failed in every attemp'c. 

 The march continued uninterrupted through feveral places 

 of little note, as far as IJlamabad^ or Jjlama Gur?; a large 

 and populous place, with a flone fort, the principal place of 

 a patan^ Hyat Mahomed Cawn, Nabob of the province cf 

 Bopaltol. The capital bears the fame name with the province, 

 is nine miles in circuit, isfeated on the fide of a hill defcend- 

 ing to a lake ten miles in circumference. The inhabitants are 

 fairer of complexion than ufual in India ; the houfes- moftly 

 good, and built of ftone. The country fhewcd all the effedls of 

 peace and good government;^ the villages frequent, and inhabited 

 by people who lived in eafe and plenty, and all of them well, 

 cloathed. The conduit of the Nabob \S7i% fo different towards 



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