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great numbers ; a great variety of deer, among which 

 the Sambre and Ncelgayc are found; a kind of red 

 deer; the fpottcd kind, and hog deer; likewife a 

 fpecies of deer which I had never befar^ met with, 

 having a long neck, high forelegs, anc|:;low behind; 

 but without horns. Some were of a grey colour, and 

 others black and white. Among the animals of a 

 more ferocious nature, may be reckoned the royal 

 tigerj leopards, tiger cats, and large black bears. 



Feb. 27t:h. My journey again continued through 

 the thickefl foreRs. I defcended two very difficult 

 pafles into a pretty little valley, on the welt fide of 

 which is fituated the village of Mirzapour^ which had 

 formerly been the capital of Corair, and the refidcnce 

 of Adel Shaw, the father of Gurree.^ Sixg. It was 

 defolaie, excepting two or three Chohan^^ who had 

 come to fee what lofs the village had fultained, and 

 how much of their property the Mahrattas might have 

 fpared; for we, who had followed them in their re- 

 treat, could, from the quantity of dry grain, and 

 other plunder, which they had dropped upon the road, 

 perceive that they had loaded themfelves to the utmoft. 

 With the exception of a fquare tank and a mangoe 

 grove at Mirzapour, I could perceive but little dif- 

 ference between it and the other rude and miferable 

 dwellings of the Chohans. I was informed that the mo- 

 tive which had induced the prefcnt Rajah to remove 

 his abode from where his anceflors had always refided, 

 was to fecure himfclf from the inroads of the Mahrat- 

 tas ; the fituation of SonekiW, which is nearer to the 

 difficult rcceffes in the higher parts of Corair^ being 

 more favorable for concealment. 



Previous to the ilirrAriz//^5 extending their conquefts 

 into thefc wild regions, the Rajahs of Coi-air appear 

 to have lived in perfe6t independence; and never hav- 

 ing been neceffitated to fubmit to the payment of any 



tribute. 



