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true, to love what is amiable, to do what is right, and to suffei 

 what is appointed. We bring into the world tempers and 

 dispositions which are strong obstacles to these attainments. To 

 surmount these obstacles is the life of a christian; for this we 

 were brought into being: as we pursue or neglect this, we shall 

 answer or defeat the end for which we were born." — Hannah 

 More. 



On leaving the Brodera purgunna, we entered a small territory 

 belonging to the Meah-Gaum rajah, named Ramul Sihng. This 

 Hindoo chieftain, more than any I ever saw in India, reminded 

 me of the ancient patriarchs; and his domestic arrangements 

 nearly resembled those of my venerable Mahomedan host at Ram- 

 Rajah. Like him, this respectable Hindoo lived under the same roof 

 with twelve of his sons, their wives and children. Some others 

 were engaged in the service of foreign princes, some had fallen 

 in battle, and several daughters were married among their own 

 caste, in different parts of Guzerat. Ramul Sihng was highly 

 esteemed in that province: although not abounding in wealth, or 

 possessing a large revenue, he was kind and hospitable to stran- 

 gers; gave them the milk and honey of his land; and, though for- 

 bidden by religious tenets to kill the fatted calf, the firstlings of his 

 flock, the milk of his kine, and the fruits of his garden were always 

 sent to travellers who visited his little capital. It was a delightful 

 visit to his humble durbar; where, surrounded by his children in 

 many generations, he prayed for blessings on their heads, and em- 

 braced them with paternal affection. Ramul Sihng did not vie 

 with the prince of Uz, in the number of his camels, sheep, and 

 oxen; but he was equally happy in a numerous family, and en- 



