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rat district, is situated at the foot of the mountain on the opposite 

 side. We wished very much to have seen it, but as we must have 

 deviated considerably from our route to gratify curiosity, it was 

 given up. There is a large lank near the village of IJullole, ad- 

 joining a grand mausoleum, said to have been built by Secunder 

 Padshaw, consisting of two magnificent structures covered with 

 domes, and five smaller, of the same construction, all of admirable 

 workmanship. Under each of the large domes is a marble tomb, 

 without an inscription. The work on these tombs is exquisite. 



On the 27th we proceeded on our journey, having been fur- 

 nished from Champoneer with an additional guard often footmen. 

 We wished for an escort of cavalry from the killedar, but most of 

 his troops being employed in collecting the revenues, and protect- 

 ing the villages against the Bheels, a troublesome banditti, it was 

 not in his power. We were told when we left Jarode, we should 

 enter a country so full of woods and thickets, as to be scarcely 

 passable; and so infested with robbers that our baggage would be 

 constantly in danger of being pillaged : in this respect we have 

 been agreeably disappointed; the road having been generally good, 

 the country pleasant, and not a robber to be seen. This morning 

 we crossed the bed of a river about a mile before we reached Ma- 

 low; the stream was now small, and the scene abounded with wild- 

 fowl of various kinds. 



In the vicinity of Malow are large masses of rocks, which seen 

 through the trees resemble a considerable village. On a nearer 

 approach we found them to consist of a multiplicity of separate 

 rocks, in a variety of shapes, forming a very singular and romantic 

 disposition. We had not previously seen a single stone, and the 



