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CHAPTER XXXIII. 



Excursion with the new chief of Baroche, and a party, through the English purgun- 

 nas in Guzerat. . the cold season delightful for travelling. . Cubbeer-Burr. .bats 

 of enormous size, .serpents, .cure of their venomous bite by Lullabhy. . extraor- 

 dinary anecdote on that subject. . character of Lullabhy. . weddings in his family 

 ..behaviour on the death of his daughter. . description of Corall. . Ranghur. . 

 Baubul forests ; method of killing the antelopes. . pleasant manner of travelling. . 

 Vanjarrahs, their commercial journeys and comforts. . life of the palanquin-bearers 

 . . anecdote of a young Hindoo mother. . country near Zinore. . pass of Bowa-peer 

 ..depredation of the Mahratta armies. . beauty and fertility of Guzerat. . revisit 

 Chandode. . Hindoo superstition. . questions respecting the recluse brahmins., 

 answered from Craufurd's Sketches. . arrival at Dhuboy. . improvement of that 

 purgunna. . miseries of war. . letter from the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburgh 

 Strelitz to the King of Prussia. . suggested improvements in agriculture and reve- 

 nue. . landed property in India. . mountain of Powaghur. . Brodera. . the capital of 

 the Guicwars described, .interior of the durbar. . debauched character of Indian 

 princes. . haram. . Mahomedan women. . mosques and sepulchres. . funeral ceremo- 

 nies, .grand wells. . inscriptions. . Rebekah and Ehezer. . great men travel with 

 water in jars. . stone bridge. . provisions at Brodera. . cheapness and abundance in 

 other districts. . few wants in India, .superior beauty of the Brodera purgunna.. 

 lotos. . lotophagi. .valuable produce of the district, .villages, .oppressions of go- 

 vernment. . character of Futty Sihng.Jiis titles, .horn of victory. . invitation to 

 his daughter's wedding. . presents. . anecdote at Sindia's durbar respecting Khiluts 

 . . magnificent wedding of Vazeer Ally, character of Asuf-ud-Dowlah. . anecdote 

 of Hyder Ally, and letter from that prince to Colonel Wood. . letter from the 

 Mahratta Peshvva to George the Third. . presents on that occasion insignificant 

 compared with the munificence of ancient sovereigns, .system of oppression. . 

 Akber. .happy consequences to be expected from the power and influence of the 

 British government in India. . music of the Hindoos, .ceremonies at a Hindoo 

 wedding. . cremation of widows, .flattery of Futty Sihng's heralds, .chamber of 

 mirrors. .Tippoo Sultaun's sleeping apartment. . noble traits in Neber's character 

 . .compared with Alfred, .weighing of the royal person, .coins and seals of Akber 

 . . zodiac rupees. . delightful encampment near Brodera. . cold in India. . wretched 

 state of the Chandalahs. . compared with the brahmins, . injustice of the system 



