FROM AGRA TO OUJEIN. Ip 



of Incomparable fkill, who flourifhed at the court of 

 the fame monarch. The tomb is overi'hadowed by a 

 tree concerning which a fuperftitious notion prevails, 

 that the chewing of its leaves will give an extraodinary 

 melody to the voice. 



The diftridl depending on this tow-n, which includes 

 the country of Ghod, yields twenty-two lacs of ru- 

 pees, fifteen of which are paid into the treafury, the 

 remaining feven going to the expences of collection. 

 The admin ft ration of the province was at this time 

 cntrufted by Sindiah to Ambajee Ingla, one of his 

 principal generals; in whofe abfence, his brother Khun- 

 DoojEE was colleftor of the revenue, and governor of 

 the fort. 



A CONSIDERABLE trade is here carried on, in cloth 

 from Chandiri^ and in indigo. About feven cofs from 

 hence, on the road to Nirwir, at the village of 

 Beercih is a mine of iron, which is worked to conlid- 

 erable advantage. The fort itfelf, from its great fe- 

 curity, is made ufe of by Sindiah as the place of 

 confinement for his Itate prifoners ; and the grand re- 

 pofitory ot his artillery, ammunition, and military 

 itores. 



From Gualior, the flraight road to Ouje'in palTes by 

 Nirwir and Serouge. But as the Rajah who fhen pof- 

 fefled Nirwir was a man of treacherous charaCler, 

 llained with barbarous mallacres, and maintained a 

 troop of banditti, to plunder every traveller that came 

 \Vithin their power, it was recommended to us to go by 

 the route of JJianJl. 



The progrefs of the Mahrattas in Hhiduftan, being 

 marked, like that of a peftilential blaft, with deftruc- 

 tion, is an obje6t of no plealing contemplation. Yet, 

 it may not be ungrateful to the benevolent reader to 



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