CHAPTER XXXII. 



EXPEDITION AGAINST THE GRACIAS: 



CAPTURE OF MANDWA, AND RESTORATION OF PEACE J 



WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIIAUTS, SEERS, 



AND SIMILAR CHARACTERS 



IN GUZERAT. 



1782. 



" Noorsheervan, amidst the splendor of royalty, sought after the jewel of wisdom ; and 

 sent a philosopher in disguise, to make researches into the stores of knowledge in Hindostan. 

 Mankind are often so subject to their corporeal senses, that they will not allow any thing to exist 

 which they themselves have not felt ; and are so governed by prejudice, that they will not be- 

 lieve any thing foreign that does not suit their own judgment: indolence induces them to forego 

 the pains acquired in searching after knowledge, and they fall into a habit of imitation, without 

 asking why or wherefore: hence a variety of evils are derived, and truth lies buried under a load 

 of error. Thanks be unto God, who hath no equal, I neither condemn the ignorant ; nor am I 

 averse to praise those who know better." Ayeen Akbeev. 



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