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crofTed it, was inconfiderable ; being divided into 

 four or five little llreams, the fum of vvliofe widths did 

 not exceed one hundred feet, and was no where more 

 than fifteen inches deep. 



May 6th. We commenced our march alonn- the 

 weflern bank of the Godavery. On pafling the ruins 

 of the town o^ Calif air, I could perceive the remains 

 of an old fort, a mofque, and a Muffulmans tomb. I 

 was informed that this place had been the refidcncc of 

 the Nizarii's officer who had formerly been intruded 

 with the charge of the diltriift of Chinnoor; and who 

 having joined the Zemeendar m relifting i\\Q Nizam\ 

 government, had afterwards fallen a vi6lim to his 

 treachery. My march this day was through a thick 

 forcft, gradually defccnding the whole way; and ter- 

 ininated at a fort, around which there had formerly 

 been a conhderable town, called Mahadeopour ; but 

 which, excepting a fmall number of armed men, and a 

 few miferable Tellinghy inhabitants, appeared now to 

 be defolate. The fort had a double rampart and fqfffi 

 and had evidently been a place of fome ftrength. 

 The innumerable m.arks of cannon Ihots on the walls, 

 indicated that it had ftood a fiege, and had alfb made 

 a confiderable refiftance. We had no fooner encamped, 

 than a man came out to inquire for news of the A7- 

 za7n's and Mahratta armies, and what was likelv to be 

 the iffue of the war; but not finding his curiofity gra- 

 tified, he returned. 



May yth. After leaving this place, we proceeded 

 twenty-three miles, and encamped near a well on a 

 fmall fpot of open ground in the jungle. Many de- 

 ferted villages occurred on the march; and the road 

 was for the moft part over a heavy fand, without a 

 drop of water near it. The periodical rains having 

 failed in this part of the country for fcveral years, 



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