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the air is cool, and throughout the year a covering at 

 night is neceffary. He alledged, that he was not a 

 native of Corair^ having emigrated from Rewah, in 

 Bogalecun(L; and that the change of water had dif- 

 agreed with him, which was ufually the cafe with all 

 new comers. He added, that the country produced a 

 little rice, Indian corn, and a few other fraaller grains, 

 peculiar to hilly countries. Being very much gratified 

 with his unref'erved replies to my interrogatories, 1 

 took this opportunity of prefenting the Rajah's ion 

 (a Idd of ten years of age) with a red turban, which 

 being bound on his head, he fo far exceeded in the 

 gaiety of his appearance any of the people about him, 

 that the old Rajah feemed to behold him with delight, 

 and foon after departed, promifing to fend me two 

 guides before night. 



Feb. 26. We departed from Sonchut^ when I was 

 much pleafed to find a better road, and more open 

 country, than any I had met with fince our departure 

 from Chunarghur. The villages were, however, flill 

 very poor, not confifting of more than four or five 

 huts each. The guides exprefied much dread in paf- 

 fing the defer ted village of Ow^cAar, where the tigers had, 

 but a few days before, -earned off fome people, which 

 had fo alarmed the villagers, that they had all fled. 

 On paffing the village of Coofahar, I obferved a very 

 fine fpring, called Darahcoond, from which there ifi'ued 

 a conhderable quantity of water. We encamped this 

 day upon a rocky eminence, near the little village' of 

 Loveejay ; where, as the Mahrattas had now retreated, 

 the inhabitants were bufily employed in bringing back 

 their property, and taking pofTeffion of their dwellings. 

 The weather was flill cloudy, and the air temperate^. 



There is abundance of game throughout the whole 

 of Corair, confifting in partridges, quails of various 

 kinds, and fnipes ; a few wild ducks, and hares in 



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