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Keshtra and Keshtragna, matter and spirit. As the all-moving 

 Akash (aether) from the minuteness of its parts, passeth every 

 where unaffected, even so the omnipotent spirit remainelh in the 

 body unaffected. The soul is not a thing of which a man may 

 say, it hath been, or is about to be, or is to be hereafter; for it is 

 a thing without birth, constant and eternal, and is not to be de- 

 stroyed. It is even a portion of myself, that in this world is 

 the Universal Spirit of all things. I am the Creator of all things, 

 and all things proceed from me. I am the soul, which is in the 

 bodies of all things." 



The last text seems to convey an answer to the questions of 

 my ingenious friend, more clear and satisfactory than it is in my 

 power to offer, either from experience, or any other authority. 



On leaving Chandode, we reluctantly quitted the beauties of the 

 Nerbudda, on whose banks we had hitherto chiefly travelled. A 

 stage of ten miles from the sacred groves and seminaries of Chan- 

 dode, brought us to Dhuboy, where I had the pleasure of enter- 

 taining my friends a ihw days in the durbar; from whence we 

 made excursions to Bhaderpoor, and other places within my 

 jurisdiction, before we proceeded northwards to Brodera or Ba- 

 roda, the capital of Fully Sihng. It was gratifying to observe 

 how much the population, industry, and commerce of the com- 

 pany's districts were improved by the security, protection, and 

 encouragement of the English government; the standard of liberty 

 had then been flying three years on the Gale of Diamonds at 

 Dhuboy; when that noble flag was first displayed, the surround- 

 ing country exhibited a scene of poverty, wretchedness, and de- 

 spair; in villages destroyed and burnt by contending armies; 



