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grand divisions; subdivided into smaller provinces, called circars; 

 each circar contained a number of districts, or purgunnas; three 

 of those purgunnas, in the soubah of Guzerat, Dhuboy, Zinore, 

 and Bhaderpoor, with the little district of Chandode, were placed 

 under my management as collector of the revenues for the India 

 company. 



The city of Dhuboy, upwards of two miles in extent, forms 

 nearly a square ; fortified in the Indian manner, with a high wall 

 and fifty-two irregular towers. At each angle is a round tower, 

 surmounted by a cavalier bastion. In the centre of each face is 

 a double gate of hewn stone, richly ornamented, with a spacious 

 area between them. Dhuboy at that time contained only forty 

 thousand inhabitants: the magnificent remains of public build- 

 ings, and the site of numerous houses in a ruinous state, indicate 

 it to have been, at a former period, a place of great importance, 

 and much more populous. 



Within the walls is a lank lined with hewn stone, and a flight 

 of steps all around, three quarters of a mile in circumference; 

 part of it was then much out of repair: its first cost exceeded five 

 lacs of rupees, or sixty thousand pounds. This magnificent re- 

 servoir is supplied with water, not only by the periodical rains, but 

 also from receptacles without the walls, by means of a stone aque- 

 duct communicating with the tank; which it enters under a small 

 temple in the hallowed groves of the brahmins, forming a cascade 

 with a picturesque effect. 



The opening this aqueduct at the commencement of the rainy 

 season, affords a festival to the inhabitant for several days: like 

 the Egyptians at the annual rising of the Nile, they make religious 



