﻿FROM CHUNARGHUR TO YERTN AGOODUM. 59 



Jan. 31ft. After leaving Rajeghur, we crofFed 

 the Boker river, which divides the country called 

 Chundail from the Purgunnah of SuBafghur. The 

 fame wild country continued, although the foil was 

 fomewhat lefs rocky. For the laft two days the hoar 

 froft had been fo fliarp as to blight the leaves on the 

 trees, and had very much injured the crops. Low 

 hills now appeared to the fouthward in even ridges. 



Feb. ift. A march often miles brought us this 

 day to Bilwanya^ a poor ftraggling village, confiding 

 of about forty huts. No fupplies of grain of any 

 kind were to be had here; and although we had 

 pafled a confidcrable tra8: of cultivated country, I 

 was told it would be the lait we fliould meet with for 

 fome time. The latter part of the road had dwindled 

 to a mere foot path; and I was informed, that we 

 could expert nothing but the wildeft and molt defo- 

 iate regions for a confiderable didance. 



The natives of this country call themfelves Chun- 

 dails, and are a tribe of Rajepoots. The prefent 

 Rajah, whofe name is Futteh Bahadur, refides 

 at Rajepou?-, about ten cofs weft of Bidjygkur.' 

 The country, I was informed, had become tribu- 

 tary to the Rajahs of Benares in the days of Bul- 

 WAXT Sing, who made a conqueft of it from Slc- 

 DUST Narain, the great grandfather of the prefent 

 Rajah of Chundail. 



It had been with difficulty that we procured pro- 

 vifions for the lall two days; but, notv.ithftanding 

 our fuppiics had been fparing, we got withal to fa- 

 tisly us. This made me fenouily attend to the re- 

 ports of the nature jof the country through which my 

 route was to be continued; and finding that no Bazar 

 was to be met with, nor even fupplies of grain, in 



any 



