28 VAFRATIVE CF A JOURNEY 



ITiis is a large village, with a ftone fort. It belong^ 

 to the fame Kajah as Nardt, and pays chout in a fimilar 

 manner. 



March 23. — Marched S (54 W, 11,92 miles, to 

 K,hemlaja, a large walled town, and adjoining to it a 

 fort, built on a hill. It belongs to the diftri6l of .9^- 

 giir^ which is diftant about feventecn cofs to the fouth- 

 eaftward. The Soubahdar of Sagur is fon toBALAJE?: 

 of Calpee. The diftricTts under Balajee, his brother 

 GuxGADjHER, and his fon, yield a revenue of about 

 thirty lacks of rupees, of which nine are remitted to 

 Paona. 



March nA. — Marched S 63 J W, 10,25 miles, to 

 Ranipoor^ through a country level and well cultivated. 

 The foil is a black vegetable mould, and by the road 

 fide, is cracked, forming holes. Many villages arc 

 fpen at a diftance, on both lides of the road. The 

 grain was in great part got in. 



March 25. — Marched N 85 W, 10,62, miles, to 

 Koorivey and Borafo, two towns, alrnoft united, on the 

 banks of the BcHva. They are of confiderable lize, 

 and at the former is a large ilone fort. They are in- 

 habited by Pafavs, who fettled here about a hundred 

 years ago, in the rime of Aurungzeee. Their chief 

 and the head of tlie prefent /^o^/-// family, were bro- 

 thers, and obtained their refpective ellablifhments at 

 the fame time. Tin! prefent Naivdh is Hoormut 

 Khant. His revenue is faid to be between one and 

 two lacs of rupees, but it is fequeftcrcd, for the pay- 

 ment of a del)t to the Mahrattas ; fo that he has no- 

 tiiiug more, for his expences, than they choofe to al- 

 low him. The road was good, the country well cul- 

 tivated. 



M^7;7//26. — Marched S 23^ W, 11,3 miles, to 

 Kirivah. Crofied the Bftv:ah clofc to yefterday's en- 

 campment. Tlie banks arc ftccp, and the bed ftony. 

 The foil adjoining is a black ruwuld ; but, two miles 



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