20 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



hear, that the cruel Rajah of Nirwlr, expelled from his 

 fort, and reduced to depend for a fcanty pittance on 

 the bounty of thd invaders, has no longer the power 

 of doing mifchief. 



Ox the f)th of MarcJi we proceeded to Antery^ S 1(5 

 E 12,0 miles. The road lies between ranges of hills. 

 It is fufiiciently wide ; but in many parts fo encumber- 

 ed with large round ftones, as to be with difficulty paf- 

 lable by wiieel carriages. The firft hills, towards iiua- 

 Uor, are of the fame texture v.ith thofe which environ 

 the fort ; but thofe towards uintcry are of a quartzolc 

 llone. Antery is a pretty large walled town, with a fort 

 adjoining ; lituated at the foot of the hills on the banks 

 of the fuiall river Dcaloo. 



March 7.— Marched to THhlorali, S 28 E, 15 

 miles. The road is good, over a champaign country, 

 pretty well cultivated. I'he crop of barley at this time 

 was ripe. Dihboj-ah is a fmall village, belonging to a 

 Rajah PiRTipuT oi Pachour. That is a fort fituated 

 on an oblong hill, vvliich, as well as two other forts 

 belonging to the fame Rajah, was in fight, on this day's 

 march. The Rnjah is by extraction a /<ri/. He is faid 

 to have made an obftinate reliltance againft the Mali- 

 raitaSy on their entrance into this country ; but he 

 has been compelled to pay them a tribute. 



March 8.-— Marched S C-G^ E, 13,8 miles, to a 

 fpot, about three miles to t\\t\ north-weft of Ditteah. 

 The tents had been fent on, to be pitched beyond the 

 town. But the Rajah, who is tributary to the Mah^ 

 raltas, having fallen greatly in arrears, the ap- 

 proach of our people raifed an apprehenfion, that 

 a detachment of troops was coming from GuaTior, 

 to cxadf payment by force. Lender this milcon- 

 ception, the Rajah's people refufed to permit our tents 

 to approach nearer the town. But, no fooner were 

 ihcy better informed, than the uncle of the Rajah 

 came with a numeious retinue, to pay his reipedfs 



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