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hands were tied behind his back, and he was 

 informed that if he did not instantly produce 

 the men required, he woukl be flogged and 

 taken down to the authorities at Rampore. 

 This produced the desired effect, and the 

 cooHes soon appeared. 



June 9th. — We reached Rampore on the 

 Sutlej, by way of Jugote, and Duroo. We 

 found the valley of the Sutlej awfully hot ; 

 and as we did not get in to Rampore, until 

 ten o'clock, we had full benefit of the sun's 

 rays. 



Two marches brought us to Seran, one of 

 the most picturesque places in Koonawur, 

 and where the Rajah has a country residence. 

 The present ruler being a boy, the district is 

 governed during his minority by his late 

 father's minister, a fellow not by any means 

 over civil, and who, being under the protec- 

 tion of oiu- government, cheats all travellers 

 ad libitum in consequence. The young 

 Rajah's mother was a daughter of the 

 Rajah of Teree on the Ganges ; and our 

 Gangootrie men went and paid him their 



