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about three hundred tiled and thatched houfes. It 

 has a ftone fort on the N. W. fide, clofe under the eaft 

 face of which runs the Kobragur^ which winds round 

 the S. W. fide of the town, and beiag joined by an- 

 other fmall river, takes a north-weflerly courfe, and 

 falls into the Wainy, or Baun Gunga. 



Byragur appeared to be a place of fome traffic: 

 1 found here large bodies of Brinjaries from all parts 

 of Choteefgur^ and fome from the Circars. The trade 

 feemed to confift chiefly of cotton, which is brought 

 from the N. W. parts of Bcrar and Choieefgur. This 

 is taken up by traders from the Circars, who, in ex- 

 change for it, give fair, beetle, and coco nuts: and I 

 underftood that from this cotton the moil beautiful 

 cloths in the Northern Circars are manufactured. 



The long marches we had made through the hills 

 3ind jungles, from Conkair, having haraffed us a good 

 deal, I refolved to reft a day at this place; as well 

 Avith a view to gain information of the country before 

 us, as to recover from our fatigues. I found the 

 Conkair Rajah's information concerning the Bujlar 

 country, and that at this place I fhould fall in with a 

 high road leading from Nagpour to Mafulipatam, very 

 accurate. The Mahraita government being alfo well 

 cftablilbed at Byragur, the greateft attention was paid 

 to my pafs, and I received every civility and attention 

 in confequence of it. 



April i8th. Ix the evening Bishun Pundit paid 

 me a vifit, and detailed to me a route leading from 

 Byragur, through the city ol Chanda, to Rojamandry^ 

 in length about two hundred cofs, or nearly four hun- 

 dred miles: But the difference of latitude, in a me- 

 ridional dire6lion between the two places, not exceed- 

 ing two hundred geographical miles, that route ap- 

 peared rather circuitous; and my intelligence frorn 



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