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March 2d. Rajah Mootylol came to vifit mc: 

 he was a tall well-made man, of a very dark com- 

 plexion, but appeared to have been much reduced by 

 ficknefs. Another fjck man was with him, whole 

 complaint feemed to be a leprofy, and who wanted 

 phyfic, and advice ; but which I told him 1 was 

 unable to give him. On my inquiring of them what 

 countries were fituated contiguous to Kurgom7nah^ I 

 was informed, that to the north was Cor air ; to the 

 north-weft, Ningwanny Coaty, and Bogakcund ; to 

 the weft, Pindara, and Omercuntuc ; to the fouth, 

 Mahtin ; and to the eaft, Surgooja. Thefe countries 

 are all very wild, and thinly inhabited, and are leldom 

 or never frequented by any travellers, except the 

 Hindoo pilgrims, who go to vifit the fources of the 

 Soane and Nurhudda rivers at Om-ercuntuc, The ufual 

 road to this place is by Ruttunpour ; but the Brah- 

 mens having been plundered, by the Pcrtaubgur 

 Goand Rajah, of what they had collected from the 

 offerings of the pilgrims, it was at that time little fre- 

 quented. With much difficulty I procured here a 

 fcanty fupply of grain, for which we paid exor- 

 bitantly, and prevailed on Mootylol to give" us 

 guides to direct us in our next day's journey. 



March 3d. Our guides, either from knavery or 

 ignorance, led us repeatedly out of the road, which 

 was over very rugged ground, and through a very 

 wild country. We were in confequence frequently 

 puzzled to recover the track, and obliged to grope 

 out our way for the firft five miles ; after which it was 

 with much fatisfa6lion that we quitted the territory of 

 Mootylol; and, crofting the river Hufloo, entered 

 upon the Mahrattas Kliafs Purgunnah of Mahtin. 

 The banks of the river were very rugged and fteep ; 

 and the imprefTions of tigers' feet were vifible in the 

 fands. On the oppofite bank flood the little villaore 

 of Mungora, in which we found only one family, 

 confifting of an old man, his wife, and tv/o Ions; 

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