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rocky hills we afterwards came to, may be said to commence at 

 this spot. On the top of the largest rock is a Hindoo temple, sur- 

 mounting the trees by which the masses are surrounded. These 

 are of various kinds; one bearing a fruil in size and outward ap- 

 pearance like the orange, with a thick cortex, similar to the cowit, 

 or wood-apple of Guzerat; it is called the belah; the seeds resem- 

 ble those of the pomegranate, are exceedingly gummy, and are used 

 medicinally in fluxes. Like the mango, when green they are pre- 

 served in salt and water, and eaten as pickles. 



Such is the state of warfare between the inhabitants of the 

 different villages in this country, that every boy of fourteen is 

 armed, and if you send for butter and eggs, the peasant brings 

 them with a drawn scimetar. All the villagers we met had either 

 a sword, or bows and arrows^ sometimes both. 



After a journey of thirteen miles through a wild country, we 

 encamped on the 28th at Seemlee, on the river Gomah, the first 

 village of the territory of the Barreah rajah, who having been 

 previously in correspondence with Sir Charles, had sent one of his 

 officers with an escort of five and twenty foot and fourteen horse, 

 to conduct us to his capital ; in consequence of which the Baroche 

 iemadar was sent back with his party. We met many carls laden 

 with grain, and overtook others proceeding to the interior with 

 eocoa-nuts from Jamboseer and the sea-coasts of Guzerat 



The next morning, at three o'clock, we proceeded through a 

 thick forest until we came to a village called Gorlah, surrounded 

 by cultivation. In those wilds we passed a large well, or bowree, 

 built by Damajee, the father of Futty Sihng, on a spot where, flying 

 with only fifteen horsemen, after the dreadful battle of Panniput, 



