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However, conciliatory raeafiires at length prevailed; 

 when we procured from them nearly a day's confump- 

 tion in grain, and they relieved the guides who had 

 accompanied us from Ootna. 



Feb. 2 2d. The road was not better than that we 

 had travelled on the preceding day; and it coft us in- 

 finite labour and trouble to get the cattle down preci- 

 pices, and over fuch craggy rocks, and rugged paths, 

 as haraffed the whole party exceedingly. After pro- 

 ceeding about three miles from Nutwye, I obferved 

 the little hamlet of Biigrody, which was defolate, on 

 our left. Althouc^h the whole diftance marched was 

 but feven miles, we did not arrive at the village of 

 Chundah until the day was on the decline. We found 

 here only two poor huts, and thefe had been deferted. 

 Towards the evening, a Byraggy mendicant made his 

 appearance, and brought with him a few of the Cho~ 

 hans, who complained that fome of my people had 

 taken grain out of the huts. I directed a diligent 

 fearch to be made; but after opening every man's bun- 

 dle, and not difcovering the thief, I tendered the Chohans 

 a rupee, conceiving that the quantity of grain, if any, 

 which had been taken, could not exceed that value. 

 They, however, declined taking the money. I then 

 preded them to fell us fome of their grain, and to re- 

 lieve our guides; but they flole away into the woods, 

 and I faw^ them no more. 



Feb. 23d. Soox after leaving Chundah, it began to 

 rain in fmall fhowers, but the weather was fair at in- 

 tervals. In the night the rain had fallen very fteavv, 

 accompanied by a high wind : the road, which was 

 bad enough in dry weather, was, in confequence, ren- 

 dered fo flippery, that our toil was confiderably in- 

 creafed ; and v/c did not reach the village of Purry- 

 hud till afternoon ; although the diftance to that place 

 was not more than feven miles and a half. We fur- 

 prized on our journey a party of Chohans^ who had 



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