CHAPTER XXXI. 



JOURNEY FROM AHMEDABAD TOCAMBAY; 



CHARACTER OF THE NABOB ; 



ANECDOTES OF THE MOGULS AND OTHER MAHOMEDANS 



ILLUSTRATED FROM SACRED HISTORY. 



1781. 



" Ah 1 what avail thy consecrated floods, 

 Thy citron breezes and thy palmy woods ; 

 What though the cassia breathes along thy shore, 

 And trickling manna adds its essenc'd store ; 

 Though gums balsamic in thy valleys grow, 

 And fragrant spices on thy borders glow ! — 

 These choicest blessings a strong balance find 

 In one broad curse that seizes on thy kind: 

 For stern Oppression rules thy fruitful plains 

 O'er thy devoted land a tyrant reigns !" 



