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death, during the English government, and was continued in it by 

 the Mahrattas. His grandfather was put to death by Mozuz 

 Caun at the instigation of Lullabhy's maternal grandfather; and 

 Dowlat Row, a young man of no striking talents, is now entirely 

 at the mercy of Lullabhy; as indeed are the heads of every de- 

 partment in the Baroche durbar. On leaving Baroche, where Sir 

 Charles Malet had been treated with great respect by Sindia's 

 government, and our guard increased by twenty-five horse and 

 fifteen foot, to accompany us as far as Champoneer, we marched 

 through a well-cultivated and populous plain for sixteen miles, to 

 Tuckarea, a large village chiefly inhabited by borahs; Mahome- 

 dans of singular appearance and manners, in many respects re- 

 sembling the Jews. Their houses are numerous, and well built; the 

 musjeed is the largest in the Baroche purgunna; the outside, from 

 its magnitude and style of architecture, promised a handsome inte- 

 rior; but ue found nothing more than the usual places of prostra- 

 tion, the ornaments mean, and every thing common, except the 

 tank where the worshippers perform their ablutions. At this vil- 

 lage Sir Charles was met by a mehmendar, from Futty Sihno-, 

 the Guicawar chieftain at Brodera, with a letter of invitation to 

 his capital. 



We arrived at Meah Gaum, a town belonging to rajah Ranul 

 Sihng, on the 20th of March; and were immediately visited by two 

 of his sons, bringing a respectful message from the rajah, then on 

 his way to meet us. He soon after arrived, attended by nine 

 more of his sons, forming altogether a very interesting family 

 group. We found him a sensible, well-behaved, respectable man, 

 about sixty years of age, of great hospitality, who not only ordered 



