CHAPTER XXXVI. 



COMMENCEMENT OF A JOURNEY FROM SURAT TO CALCUTTA] 



CONTAINING THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES IN THE 



PROVINCES OF GUZERAT AND MALWA, 



BETWEEN SURAT AND OOJEN, IN 



1785. 



"It was a frequent saying of Alexander, that he had discovered more by his eyes than other kings 

 could comprehend in their thoughts. In this he referred to travel : experience is the best in- 

 former,, and one journey will shew us more than any description can. A man, to improve himself 

 by travel, ought to observe and comment on what he sees ; noting as well the bad to avoid, as 

 the good to make use of it : and without registering these things by the pen, they will pass away 

 without profiting him. The committing of a thought to paper fixes it on the mind ; he who does 

 this, can, when he pleases, go over his journey again in his closet." Owen Felltham. 1628. 



