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In the same manner Mohammed Shah, the son of 

 Togluc Shah, who was king of several of the provin- 

 ces of Hindustan, sent a well-appointed army of an 

 hundred thousand cavalry to conquer Asarn ; but 

 they were all devoted to oblivion in that country of 

 enchantment ; and no intelligence or vestige of them 

 remained. Another army was dispatched to revenge 

 this disaster ; but when they arrived in Bengal, they 

 were panic-struck, and shrunk from the enterprize; 

 because if any person passes the frontier into that 

 district, he has not leave to return. In the same 

 manner, none of the inhabitants of that country are 

 able to come out of it, which is 'the reason that no 

 accurate inroimation has hitherto been obtained re- 

 lative to that nation. The natives of Hindujlan con- 

 sider them as wizzards and magicians, and pronounce 

 the name of that country in all their incantations and 

 counter-charms. They say that every person who 

 sets his foot there, is under the influence of witch- 

 craft, and cannot find the road to return. 



Jeidej Sing*, the Raja of As can, bears the title of 

 Swergi, or Celestial. Szverg, in the Hindustani lan- 

 guage, means heaven. 1 hat frantic and vainodo- 

 rious prince is so excessively foolish and mistaken, 

 as to believe that his vicious ancestors were sovereigns 

 of the heavenly host ; and that one of them, being 

 inclined to visit the earth, descended by a golcen 

 ladder. After he had been employed some time in 

 regulating and governing his new kingdom, he be- 

 came so attached to it, .that he fixed his abode in 

 it, and never returned. 



In short, when we consider the peculiar circum- 

 stances of Asam ; that the country is spacious, popu- 



* Projery Jayidlivaja Sinba, or the Lion zvitb Banners of Con~ 



Ct'UCit. 



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