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married ; had the nuptial rite not taken place, her death would 

 indeed have plunged him into deep affliction. 



Natural affection must be nearly the same in all climates and 

 countries, but the numerous and prolonged ceremonies required on 

 the death of a Hindoo seem in some measure to supersede and 

 alleviate the sorrow, which might otherwise take deeper root in 

 the filial or parental breast. Mourners are hired at the obsequies 

 of Hindoos and Mahoinedans, as they were in ancient days. It 

 appears from a passage in the prophet Amos, that this sort of 

 mourning and lamentation was a kind of art among the Jews : 

 " wailing shall be in the streets, and they shall call such as are 

 skilful of lamentation to wailing." 



From Cubbeer-Burr we continued our route for ten miles alono- 

 the banks of the Nerbudda to Corall, a small town, which gives its 

 name to an inconsiderable district, then belonging to the company, 

 producing a revenue of forty thousand rupees. The little capital, 

 situated on the bank of the river, contains some tolerable houses, a 

 few Hindoo temples, and a gurry, or fortress, of no great strength. 

 Some of the villages are large and populous, the country o-enerally 

 well cultivated, producing abundant crops, similar to those de- 

 scribed in the Dhuboy districts. 



Our next stage was only nine miles from Corall, to Ranghur a 

 small compact fortress on a lofty bank of the Nerbudda, in a com- 

 manding situation, where I had a delightful summer apartment 

 overlooking the rural plains and woody hills on the south side of 

 the river. We passed a few villages belonging to the Broderah 

 purgunna, and on approaching Ranghur entered an extensive plain 

 covered with baubul trees, a beautiful species of mimosa, produc- 



