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repeated over again, without even the shallow excuse 

 of unpreparedness and surprise. All this, and much 

 more which lies in the possible future, might easily 

 have been avoided ; nor is it yet too late. 



In Kathiawar I saw a miniature of our Indian 

 empire. A great deal of dissatisfaction existed in the 

 province ; and the result of my investigations was the 

 conclusion that much of that dissatisfaction was not 

 without good cause, and that it was produced chiefly 

 by the most objectionable system of judicial secrecy 

 piirsued towards Kathiawar by the Bombay Govern- 

 ment, and by the too great dependency of the Politi- 

 cal Agency on native employes, and on the cunning 

 action of these latter toward the native state. So 

 palpably was this the case, that a good deal of im- 

 provement in these respects was soon afterwards 

 effected by the Government. Especially much good 

 was done by appointing a Judicial Assistant to the 

 province, and by this officer trying cases in open 

 court. But I must not go too deeply into Kathia- 

 war affairs, and shall deal only with the secrets of 

 Gi'rnar and the religion of the Jains. 



THE HOLY MOUXTAIX. 



Within a few miles of the city of Junaghar (more 

 properly Jiinagarh) there rises one of the most famous 

 mountains in the world, though many of my readers 



