CHAPTER XXVI. 



CAMBAY. THE JOURNEY THROUGH NORTH GUZE- 

 RAT. THE ICHNEUMON. ADVENTURE WITH 

 A COBRA DI CAPELLO. ELEPHANT CATCHING. 

 HUNTING THE TIGER WITH ELEPHANTS. AH- 

 MEDABAD. START TO RETURN BY WATER TO 

 BOMBAY. 



CAMBAY is but a shadow of its former self. Its decay 

 has been chiefly owing to the filling up of the bay, at the 

 head of which it stands, by the deposits brought down by 

 the rivers. The general appearance of the town is dingy 

 and ancient. Most of the houses are built of clay, and 

 the streets are dirty and narrow. Various Hindoo and 

 Mohammedan edifices remain to tell the stranger of the 

 splendor which once characterised Cambay. Among these 

 is a very beautiful mosque, close to the nawaub's residence. 

 Its main court contains three hundred and sixty pillars of 

 a handsome red sandstone. There are also the remains 

 of a subterranean temple, believed to be of Buddhic origin, 



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