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perverted to the most cruel purposes, as ambition, interest, or mis- 

 guided zeal, have spread their pernicious effects, so it was with 

 these Mahomedans; for the prince of Baroche, forgetting every 

 moral and filial duty, look up arms against his father, and was 

 killed in an engagement near Bawrhan, where the bodies of 

 himself, his sister, and a number of converts who fell in the action 

 were interred. Soon after this catastrophe Baba-Rahan made his 

 peace with the rajah, and at his death was buried on this sacred 

 mount. 



When this country was settled under the Mogul government 

 a prince named Jengis Shah erected a mausoleum over the graves 

 of the saint and his disciples; future nabobs added to the embel- 

 lishments, and ordered their remains to be interred in this holy spot, 

 at the same time endowing lands to keep the buildings in repair; 

 but during the lapse of time these bequests have been converted to 

 other purposes, and the whole is in a state of decay. 



An evening walk to Bawhran was one of my favourite excur- 

 sions; the prospect from the upper terrace was delightful; the 

 breeze over the lake refreshing; and the scene altogether formed 

 for meditation. Monkeys, squirrels, doves, and pea-fowl, ani- 

 mated the groves; the decayed parts of the building were occu- 

 pied by bats, owls, and noxious reptiles, the usual inhabitants of 

 desolation. Some of the dark sepulchral chambers contained 

 fragments of sculpture, and other decorations, rudely heaped toge- 

 ther from the mouldering tombs; but the stench of the bats was 

 so intolerable, that it was impossible to remain many seconds to 

 examine them. These bats were of very large size, and their gloomy 

 retreats illustrated the prophetical language — " Thou hast forsaken 



