62 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



March 16. — Marchkd N 12 E, 10,53 miles to 

 j^ger, a large town, with a (lone fort, belonging to 

 Rung Kow Povva'r. To the fouth-weft of the 

 town is a fine lake. I'he road in general good, foil 

 reddifn or iron coloured. 



Mdith 17. — ?vIarched N 12^ E, 16,59 miles, to 

 Soojheer^ a pretty large town, belonging to Sindiah, 

 and under the management of Appah K,handey 

 Raw, whofe aumil reiides here. The road lies acrofs 

 feveral low ridges of hills, and is in general full of lit- 

 tle ftoncs. The foil of a rufty iron colour, very lit- 

 tle cultivation. 



Mtirch 18. — Marched N 17-| W, 14,5 miles, to 

 Par una, a town belonging to Tuckojee Ho l car, 

 whofe aumil reiides here. Road good. Soil black and 

 fpongy, like the mod of Malava, but little cultivated. 

 The diftri(5t dependent on this town yields one lack of 

 rupees annually. 



March 19. — Marched N 20| W, 15,91 miles to 

 Soonel. The road and foil, on this day's march, much 

 the fame as yefterday. A good deal of Joodr ftubblc 

 by the road tide, and fome wheat, now ripe. 



Soo?iel is a town of conliderable extent, of a fquare 

 form, and enclofed with a ftone wall. Two broad 

 ftreets crofs one another, at right angles, in the mid- 

 dle of the town, which is the Chowk. There are 

 thirty-two villages in this pergunnah, which is held as 

 a j:igcer by K,Ha\ND£Y Raw Powar, the elder bro- 

 of RrxG Raw Appah. 



fylarch 1 1 , — Marched N A\ E,i6, 05 milesto Jiihnee. 

 Road in general good. Failed the How river,"and two 

 nullahs. The ford of the firft, being very ftony, is 

 difficult. Soil black. Much cultivation of wheat and 

 poppy. Julmee is a pretty large village, which 

 was afligncd by the Peshwa, as a jageer, to 



Najroojee- 



