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ing government, to secure the property which would then accu- 

 mulate in sucli an enviable situation ! 



The commencement of the next day's journey was a continua- 

 tion of the same delightful scenery; which, after a few miles, 

 assumed a sterile stony aspect. This savage country increased so 

 much as we approached Rajeghur, where it was intended to halt, 

 that we anticipated a dreary encampment; and were agreeably 

 surprised, after riding twenty miles, to find our tents pitched on 

 the banks of the Nuaje, a broad river, with shady banks, and a 

 plentiful stream of water. Rejeghur at a little distance appears to 

 be built on a plain, but a nearer approach discovers the houses 

 to stand in a straggling manner, on the sides of gullies, which form 

 the streets. The fort, on an eminence, contains several good 

 houses, and a tolerable bazar. The inhabitants of Rajeghur spin 

 a great deal of cotton thread for the coarser manufactures, and 

 express a quantity of oil from the seeds of those poppy heads 

 which have already produced the annual supply of opium; this is 

 the most common lamp oil used in this part of the country. 



Ameer Sing, the rajah of Rajeghur, having been prepared for 

 our arrival by a previous correspondence with Sir Charles Malet, 

 behaved with great civility; and in addition to the usual supply 

 of fuel, hay, milk and vegetables, sent a present of sweetmeats, 

 tastefully prepared: among them was a plate of sugar-candy on 

 strings, highly flavoured with roses. The rajah's cavalry made a 

 respectable appearance in point of number and discipline. 



In the evening Dewjee Goleh, a Mahratta general, in com- 

 mand of three thousand men, who arrived at Oojen before we left- 

 it, encamped near us at Rajeghur; and announcing his intention 



