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no water bat at a very long diftances; and, in reality, 

 no fiipplies of grain, until I fhoiild arrive upon the 

 frontier of Viziaram Rauze's country. 



Such unfavourable reports of the (late of the coun- 

 tries before me, damped at once the hopes I had en- 

 tertained of fulfilling with entire fuccefs the obje61 of 

 my deputation; and I experienced the mod vexatious 

 difappointment at fuch.a check being thrown in the 

 way of my progrefs. I was indeed at a lofs which 

 •way to dirett my courfe through this labyrinth of 

 mountains and wildernefs; but, upon afking Saum 

 Sing which would be the moil; eligible road to the 

 fea coaft, he replied without hefitation, that the only 

 prafticable road would be from Conkair, through the 

 hills 'dud jungles co Byragur, a diftance of about forty 

 cofs to the weftward; where I lliould fall in with a 

 high road leading to the Deccan through the middle of 

 Ch/znda, a fine champaign country. As my original 

 intention of proceeding in a foutherly direction had 

 been fruflrated, and the track pointed out to me 

 through Chanda, would 'ftill furnifh many defirable 

 acquiiitions in geographical knowledge, I refolved to 

 adopt it; or rather I knew of no other to purfue. 



The Rajah^ who was now about to take his leave, 

 perceivin.u a ilieet of white paper upon the table, 

 ^yhich attracted his curiofity, it was handed to him ; 

 when he admired it exceedingly; and made a requefl 

 that, if I had any to fpare, I would give him fome; 

 which I promifed accordingly ; and here our confe- 

 rence ended. 



When Rajah Saum Sing, with his retinue, had 

 departed, I lent an intelligent man to him to take an 

 account of all the roads leading from this place to the 

 fea coaft; and particularly of that which he had ad- 

 vifed me to purfue. As the Mahratta Hirkarrah who 



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