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himself to the only available means of conveyance 

 a bullock fjdrhi. The result was, that the Bombay 

 merchant returned home without seeing the interior ; 

 for after advancing ten miles in a bullock ydrhi, he 

 precipitately returned on foot to the railway and fled 

 from India. Now the conveyance provided for me, 

 in which to go a short four days' journey from Vaira- 

 wal to Jiinaghar, was a bullock gdrlii and a very 

 superior one it was, cushioned, gilded, and orna- 

 mented, as became the vehicle of a Ifawab. The 

 bullocks, also, were very superior bullocks, not re- 

 quiring to have their tails twisted, and quite willing 

 to go much faster than suited the convenience of the 

 opium-eating old driver, who spent most of his time 

 in tipsy slumber. But notwithstanding these advan- 

 tages, I did not become reconciled to that method 

 of transit. I could stretch myself at full length on 

 soft cushions, and was well protected from the sun 

 by an arched and quilted cover ; but what avails that 

 when you feel as if the screw of a steamboat were 

 working below, flapping your person and the ground 

 alternately 1 A bullock gdrlii has either no springs 

 at all, or springs which only imperfectly protect the 

 vehicle. It is a very long affair sometimes eight 

 feet long placed upon only two wheels. The result 

 is a combination of motions Avhich it is easier to 

 remember than describe. There is a rotatory motion, 

 a lateral motion, a perpendicular motion, and a non- 

 descript motion, such as occurs in the tail of a water- 



