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IX. 



NARRATIVE 



, / OP 



A JOURNEY TO SIRINAGUR. 

 % CAPTAIN THOMAS HARDJFICKE. 



JljLAVING sometime ago visited the mountainous 

 country of iSirinagu?' ; I liope a succint detail of some 

 of the most remarkable circumstances, which occur- 

 red in that journey, will not be unacceptable to the 

 ^4siatick Society. 



On the 3d of J\Iarch, 179G, I commenced the jour- 

 jiey, from Fifttehg/iur, in company with J\lr. Hunter ; 

 and we arrived, on the l^^th of the same month, at 

 Anoopaheher : our route was circuitous, for the purpose 

 of visiting the several indigo plantations, established 

 by European gentluneii, in this part of Dooab. Here 

 ■were conspi(ainusly disj)layed, the efllects of skill, of 

 industry, and of a spirit of commercial enterprize, in 

 beautifying and enriching a country, which in othcf 

 parts exhi!)iting only waste and Ibrest, supplies, in- 

 deed, matter to gratify the curiosity of a naturalist, but 

 suggests to the philanthropic mind the most gloomy 

 retjectiuns. 



At Arwupshcher I recruited the necessary supplies for 

 the prosecution of my journey, and on the i23d, con- 

 tinued my inarch alone ; for my fellow-traveller was 

 under the necessity of returning, from this place, to 

 attepd the residency with Dowr ut Row SixVdeaii, 

 pn a visit to the Markatta camp. 



On t}ie 30th of March, I arrived at Ncjeebahcid : the 

 town is about six furlongs in length ; with some regu- 

 }av streets, broad, and enclosed by barriers at different 



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