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through Marivar, and is exported to the eaftvvard to 

 Mirzcipoory &:c. On the other hand, diamonds from 

 Bundeliundy go by this place to Surat. 



But the carrying trade between the provinces to the 

 weft and the caftward is carried on to a much greater 

 extent, and to more advantage at Indoor than here; 

 becaufe the duties there are lower. At that place only 

 four or five anrias are exacted on a bullock load, which 

 may be worth three or four hiu:idred rupees ; whereas 

 at Oujehiy they amount to ten per cent, on the value 

 of the goods, exported or imported; fo that on fuch 

 articles as only pafs through the place, the duties con- 

 fume twenty per cent of tlie profit. The reafon is 

 obvious. Ltdoor had the good fortune to be under the 

 prudent and peaceable admimftnition of Aheliah 

 Bai, a princefs, who, tree from ambitious views, had 

 only the internal profperity of her coimtry, and the 

 happinefs of its inhabitants, at heart; whereas Sindiah, 

 led away by the dazzling profpedl of extending his 

 conqueits and acquiring great political iniiuence, main- 

 tained expenlivc armaments, exhaufled his treafury, 

 .;nd was forced to abandon his fubje<fts to the rapacity 

 of thofe who fupplied the means of carrying his 

 Ichemes into execution. 



"VVe reruained at Oujg'm from the middle of ylpril 

 io the middle of March, and fo had an opportunity of 

 obferving nearly the whole viciflitude of feafons. In 

 the month of Afr'il and May, the winds in the day 

 tmie were ftrong and hot, the thermometer expofed to 

 to them being from ()3 to lOp, at four in the afternoon. 

 Tiiefc winds, with little deviation, came from the weft- 

 ward. The heat at nine in the evening varied from 

 80 to go. But the mornings, during all this time were 

 temperate, in only one Inltance riling fo high as 8 1, 

 and fometimes being as low as (jp. From the 1 Sth to 

 f.he 25 of May, we had frequent fqualls from N W and 

 WNW; once from NE, attended with. thunder, light- 



liing, 



