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in fcafons Avhen water and grain are in abundance, 

 «hc Brinjaries frequently pafs this way from the fea. 

 coad to Chanda. 



May lOth. I proceeded to Manga^tit, which is 

 the head of a fniall Purgunnah bearing the fame name, 

 and is the rcfidencc of the Pahc'ifhali Rajah's ofBcef 

 Narrain Row. This is a large village, fituatcd clofe 

 on the welt bank ©f the Godavsry, and has a little mud 

 fort ill the middle of it. On earning to this place, we 

 peiccivtd a confidcrable body of armed men, who, 

 foon after our arrival, appeared extremely hoftile, 

 and uttered ;i variety of threats againft us, of impri- 

 fonment and dcllruclion to the whole party. My 

 followers were much intimidated thereby; but, to pre- 

 vent the panic increafing, I ordered the camp to be 

 ilruck, and prepared for battle. The effect of this 

 was very vilibie in the immediate alteration of their 

 conducl towards us ; and the altercation ended by an 

 intriview with Narrain Row. He was much fur- 

 prifed at the prelude to our converfation, by my pre- 

 fenting him with the letter from Loll Shaw; and had 

 no Iboner perufed it, than our affairs began to wear a 

 better afpeft. Being a Tellinghy^ and fpeaking no 

 other language, we could only converfe through the 

 medium of an interpreter; from whom I foon under- 

 ftood, that he propofed to purchafe my Toorky horfe. 

 i aniwered, that I was not a merchant, and could not 

 aifent to his propofal. He then faid, that fuch a fine 

 atiinia! had never come into his couritry, and begged 

 to know if I would part with it upon any other terms ; 

 as he wi'hed to prefcnt it to his young Rajah, who was 

 vcrv. fond of horfcs. Upon this my interpreter in- 

 fornr.'d him, that I could give no pofitive anfwer for 

 the pr^ lent ; but that if he. would fend a refpeciable 

 man with me as far as the Company^s territory, which 

 I hop' d to reach at furtheft in feve« days, 1 fhould 

 then have lefs occalion for the very ufeful fervices of 

 the animal, and might feel lefs relutt.ance to part with 



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