CHAPTER XXV. 



BARODA. CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY NORTHWARD. 

 AN INDIAN VILLAGE. A SINGULAR MODE OF 

 HUNTING THE TIGER. THE FALCON AND THE 

 CROWS. ROUTE TO CAMBAY. 



BARODA is a much larger city than I had expected to 

 see in this region. The population may be numbered at 

 about one hundred thousand souls. The situation is on 

 the left bank of the Viswamitra, which is here both narrow 

 and shallow. The site is low and marshy. At a distance 

 the city has a handsome appearance. It is surrounded 

 with a double wall of mud, having round towers at intervals 

 and several double gates. Two spacious streets divide it 

 into four equal sections. The market-place in the centre, 

 contains a square pavilion, with three arches on each side, 

 and a flat roof, adorned with seats and fountains. This 

 is a Mogul structure, and, like some others of that style 

 of architecture, it possesses much beauty. But the Ma- 



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