﻿150 NARRATIVE OF A ROUTE 



This afternoon, perceiving a little eminence, not 

 far from our camp, which Ibemed to prefent a favora-^ 

 bic litualion for viewing the country, 1 went to it ; 

 and was much gratified with a profpect of about fif- 

 teen miles of the courfe of the Godavcry. Immenfe 

 ranpcs of mountains, and forefts, appeared to extend 

 from Surwicha^ along the eaft fide of the river, to the 

 quarter oppofite this place ; and thence to the fouth- 

 eaftward as far as the eye could reach. The wild 

 fcenery v;hich now prefentcd itfclf, and the rugged ap- 

 pearance of the mountains, made me refleQ with fatis- 

 fafclion on having relinquiflied the attempt of pene- 

 trating through a country, v;hcre every imaginable 

 (liiriculty and danger mull have been encountered; 

 and in which, perhiips, our whole party would have 

 been cut off. 



Our guides, who, in confideration of the very large 

 recompcnce I had offered them, had undertaken to 

 conduft us into the Ellore Circar^ were now exceed- 

 ingly cautious of fliewing themfelves in the villages; 

 and whenever grain, or any other article, was to be 

 purcliafed, it was with the utmojt relu61ance that they 

 could be perfuaded to interpret and deal for us with 

 the Tellinghys. They alledged, that fliould they be 

 recognized, they would undoubtedly, on their return, 

 be feized and put to death. 



At Ef'Oor we met fome people, condufling about 

 forty carts loaded with cotton, who, we were told, had 

 come from Chandi ; and were proceeding to the ma- 

 nufatlories at Mnddapollom in the Company's terri- 

 tory.^ Their cattle having fuffered much from the 

 heat, and want of water, they had halted at this place 

 to rcfrelh, previous to th^ continuance of their jour- 

 ney. It was plcafing to meet with travellers fubjcft 

 to oi'r own government in this inhofpitable country; 

 and tins circUinftance evidently Ihewed, that the road 

 had long been frequented. I was informed, that 



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