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but, at the di fiance of twenty cofs the country belorigsf^ 

 to the Bujiar Rajah, who is independant ; and the in- 

 habitants fo wild, that it is never frequented by travel- 

 lers; and I was told of more inftances of Fakeers 

 having been murdered in attempting to penetrate 

 tbrouoh it. 



April 20th. -We arrived at Chcrolygur, a large and 

 \vell peopled village ; froui which place, I underftood, 

 the city of Chanda is only thirty cofs diftant. Three 

 marches more through a country tolerably openj 

 brought us to Kaufcry, which is under the Subahdary 

 of Chanda. 



April 2.uh. We reached Tolady, a village near 

 the S. E. frontier of the Chanda Purgunnah ; and 

 crofltd this day ihtWainy. or Baungunga river, which5 

 rifing in the hills of Choieefgur, receives all the little 

 ilreams that have their fources on the S. W. fide .of 

 the hills that divide the champaign country of Choteef- 

 gur from Berar. We had obferved for the laft twc» 

 days many numerous flocks of fheep and goats in the 

 villages. The foil was very fandy; and the white ants 

 fo numerous, that they ate the people's cl oaths while 

 they ilept, and fcarcely left them or me a pair of fhoes. 



April 25th. Our march terminated at the little 

 village of Cotala. I had now proceeded fo far in a 

 foutherly dircclion, as nearly to reach the Chanda 

 frontier; and I was informed that only one fmall Pur- 

 gunnah, belonging to the Berar Rajah, intervened be- 

 tween this place and the Nizam 6 territory; through 

 which a high road leads into the Ellore Circar. 



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The hoftilities which at this time exifted between 



the Nizam and the MahraUa Empire, fuggefied to me 



thenecellity of proceeding with caution, in palling the 



frontier of their refpettive countries; for, having no 



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