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customs exceed fifteen hundred. Cliandode lias no fortification; 

 being esteemed a place of great sanctity by the Hindoos, and 

 much respected by all other tribes. The detachment of horse 

 kept for the security of the Dhuboy districts, are particularly 

 useful about Zinore and Chandode, situated near the Gracias, a 

 most insolent and cruel set of banditti. 



"The Zinore purgunna contains fifty inhabited villages; the 

 town of that name is open, large, and straggling; tolerably popu- 

 lous; situated on the steep banks of the Nerbudda, the deep 

 gullies which nearly encompass it are the only defence. The 

 trade and manufactures are similar to those at Dhuboy; so is the 

 produce of the country, except that it bears less rice, and a larger 

 proportion of cotton. 



" During the troubles last year, the Zinore villages suffered the 

 same cruel fate as those in the Dhuboy purgunna. The Ryots 

 sought for safety in other places, and many are not yet returned. 

 The cultivation was nevertheless forwarded as much as possible, 

 and the jumma-bundee for this year settled at ninety thousand 

 rupees; a revenue seldom exceeded under the Guykwar govern- 

 ment of Futty Sching: this amount is nearly recovered. The 

 customs of Zinore and the Naukas, are usually about three thou- 

 sand rupees per annum. 



" The small compact gurry at Ranghur, strongly situated on the 

 banks of the Nerbudda, eight miles from Zinore, is now included 

 in that purgunna. 



" Bhaderpoor, although dignified as a separate purgunna, does 

 not with its whole district annually produce so much as one of 

 the best Dhuboy or Baroche villages. The principal town situated 



