434 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 



been, than one which might be formed of his hav- 

 ing founded the cave; but I am led to imagine, no 

 certain conclusions on this dark subject could be 

 drawn from the sources of information open at 

 present. 



XXII. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATE 

 OF DELHI. 



BY LIEUTENANT W. FRANKLIN. 



HT^HE once celebrated city of Delhi, the capital 

 A of Mussulman sovereignty in Hindostan, and, in 

 more early times, the seat of Hindu dominion over 

 northern India, has employed the pen of many dif- 

 ferent authors, Asiatic and European ; though of the 

 latter in a less degree than might have been ex- 

 pected. 



The following account of the present state of this 

 ancient city, is extracted from a journal of observa- 

 tions made during an official tour through the 

 Dovab and the adjacent districts, in company with 

 Captain R e y n o l ds, of the Bombay establishment, ap- 

 pointed by the Bengal government to survey that part 

 of the country in the year 1793. 



It cannot be supposed to contain much new in- 

 formation on things already described by others ; but, 

 as a faithful statement of the actual condition of the 



once 



