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Narojee-Goneish, formerly dewan to the foubahdar 

 IloLCAR. Since the death of Naroojee it has been 

 held by Ho l car himfelf. Several villages, between 

 Soo?iel and this place, belong to the rajah of Kotah. 



March 22. — Marched N 5| W, 15;56 miles, to 



Muckundra. Road in general good ; only, near the 



villages of ^iz/i and Telakhairee^ it lies over a ft ra- 



tum of flate, which is very flippery. A good deal of 



poppy is cultivated near thofe villages. A begah, they 



lay, yields about five feers of opium. Muckundra is 



a fmall village, fituated in a valley, nearly circukr, 



about three quarters of a mile in diameter, liirrounded 



by very lleep hills, and only acceffible by an opening 



to the fouth, and another to the north; each of which 



is defended by a ft one wall and a gate. At thefe 



gates are polled chokeydars, belonging to the rajah 



of Kotah. This is the only pafs, within many miles, 



through a ridge of moutains, which extends to the 



call and weft, dividing the province of Mdlava from the 



diftri6f called Haroutee, or country of the tribe Hara. 



The water here is got from a large howhy, or well 



faced with ftone. It is faid, by the natives, to be of a 



hurtful quahty ; and that fuch as drink it for the firft 



time are liable to fevers. Chmulkhairee, where at tliis 



feafon of the year is a large market for horfes and 



other cattle, is diftant from this place feven cofs to 



the eallward. 



March 23. — Marched N sOf W, 17 miles, to 

 Fuchpahdr. The pafs through the hills was narrow 

 and llony ; the road afterwards good. Near Fuch- 

 pahdr pafTed over a bed of Schijius, in ft rata inclined 

 to the horizon. The country rather thinly culti- 

 vated ; a good deal of grafs by the road ftde. 



March '14,. — Marched N 18^- W, 8,64 miles, to 

 Anandpoor^ a fmall village, near which is a large 

 tank, with a ftone wall, and buildings on the bank 



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