!^3(> ImARRATiVL or a 



frasjnients of rock remain ; but if no obstacles of 

 greater consequence exist, to retard the navigation of 

 tliis branch of the river, floats of timber, or canoes, 

 might at all seasons iind a passage through. 



The town of S'lrhuigiiv occupies nearly the center 

 of the valley ; it is in lengtli about three quarters of 

 a mile ; the breadth is much less; its form some 

 what elliptic. It is formed with little attention, 

 either to order or convenience. The houses are of 

 stone, rough and irregularly put together, with tlic 

 common earth; generally raised to a second floor; 

 and all are covered with ^late. They are so crowded 

 as to leave little more space for the street, than is 

 suOicient for two j^ersons to pass one another. The 

 principal street, and indeed the only one deserving 

 that name, runs east and west, through the middle of 

 the tow n : this is prett}' broad, and is tlie only bazar, 

 or maiket of the place. 



The rajah's house isiabout the middle of the town, 

 and is the largest in it ; one part of it being raised to 

 a fourth story. It is built of a coarse granite, has the 

 appearance of being very old, is much out of repair, 

 iiud exceeding shabby. 



The town, viewed from an eminence, exhibits 

 nothing striking or pleasing to the fancy. 



The roads which lead into the town, excepting one, 

 a r^ very narrow, planted on each' side with hedges of 

 liluphorbia Canarietisis, and backed with a wall of 

 loose stones. 



In a country, possessing such a variety of cli- 

 mate, it is natural to ask, wliat advantages induced 

 the primitive scttler:> to prefer the burning valley 



to 



