CHAPTER XXIX. 



OCCURRENCES DURING A JOURNEY FROM BAROCHE TO AHMED- 

 ABAD, THROUGH THE DISTRICTS OF AHMOOD, 

 JAMBOSEER, AND CAMBAY. 



1781. 



Lo, Ganges' genius mourns ! while yet, sublime, 

 With arts and muses smil'd his native clime ; 

 And rich with science, round his plains he lov'd 

 The golden hours in blooming circle mov'd. 

 With grief he saw the future ages rise. 

 Dark with their sad and fearful destinies ; 

 Mark'd bleeding science pinion'd to the ground, 

 And all her blasted trophies withering round! 

 — Alas ! how dark the baleful ruins spread ! 

 What filial tears the sons of Science shed ! 

 While in each bower the widow'd Arts repine. 

 And Learning clasps her violated shrine. 

 Sad on his staff, 'mid Casis' blasted scenes, 

 Himself how fallen! the agedPandeet leans. 



C. Grant. 





