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times presenting a delightful aesemblage of both. Immense rocks, 

 rich groves, magnificent cataracts, and murmuring cascades, pro- 

 duce a sublime and beautiful effect. These waters, either in roar- 

 ing cataracts, or gentle streams, flow to the lakes and rivulets 

 which fertilize the plain, and there uniting, form the celebrated 

 Indus, one of the great rivers of Asia. 



This charming diversity of mountain and valley, wood and 

 water, cornfields, meadows, orchards, and gardens, intermingled 

 with towns, villages, palaces, and cottages, present a scene un- 

 rivalled in any part of the world. Most travellers confirm this 

 account, especially Bernier, who accompanied the emperor Au- 

 mngzebe and his court on a visit to this province in the year 1663; 

 which, next to the march of Darius, was perhaps one of the most 

 magnificent scenes of eastern pageantry ever exhibited. The num- 

 ber and sumptuous caparisons of the elephants, camels, horses 

 tents, and equipage of every description, for the accommodation of 

 the emperor, the ladies of his haram, and principal nobles of the 

 court, were truly surprising. They were escorted by an army of 

 thirty-five thousand cavalry, ten thousand infantry, a large train 

 of artillery, and every splendid accompaniment belonging to the 

 Mogul sovereigns in the zenith of power. Bernier gives an excel- 

 lent description of this journey, and an account of Cachemire, 

 which exactly corresponds with the narrations of the Hindoo pil- 

 grims who visited Dhuboy. 



" Quoy qu'il en soit Kachemire n'est plus un lac, c'est a pre- 

 ■" sent une tres-belle campagne, qui est diversifiee de quantite de 

 " petites colines, qui a trente lieues de long ou environ et dix ou 

 " douze de large, qui est situee dans rextremitc de l'Hindoustan 



