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Many Mahomedans reside in the smaller towns and villages 

 of Guzerat: they engage but little in agriculture or manufactures, 

 leaving the operations of the loom, and the toil of husbandry to 

 the more patient and laborious Hindoos : commerce and war 

 form the principal pursuits of the Mussulmans. 



In the environs of Erodera are some very expensive bowrees, 

 or wells, with grand flights of steps descending to the water, 

 through rows of stone pillars and pilasters; these noble reservoirs 

 are generally charitable donations from the rich and great, both 

 Hindoos and Mahomedans. The largest of the Brodera wells is 

 a magnificent work, with the following inscription over the portal, 

 in the Persian character; of which I insert the translation, as a 

 specimen of such dedications. 



IK THE NAME OF AtLA ! 



THE GOD OF MERCY AND BENEFICENCE.' 



GOD IS ONE ! 



AND THE GOD WHO SENT MAHOMET INTO THE WORLD. 



Jaffier Khan Ben Vazalmool, viceroy of Guzerat, was great, 

 successful, and mighty in battle. Brodera was under his com- 

 mand; he was an officer high in rank above all officers, and dig- 

 nified, by the king his master, with the most honourable titles. 

 By his favour, Soliman his chief minister was appointed governor 

 of Brodera; where, by the blessing of Alia, he accumulated 

 great riches, and employed them in works of charily and bene- 

 ficence. By him, this work of beauty, strength, and admiration, 

 was, by the Divine permission, completed on the first day of the 

 month Razeb, in the 807lh year of the Hejira. 



