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their property; being in hourly expectation of an attack by Dew- 

 jee's detachment, for which they had mistaken us. On finding 

 no reason for the alarm, they allowed us to pass their village with 

 the greatest civility. On leaving Kuchonder, we ascended some 

 barren hills, which led to a fertile champaign, surrounding a vil- 

 lage called Petounda, where we found our tents pitched near a 

 well of excellent water, while the horses and camels drank at a 

 rivulet shaded by trees. 



The following day we marched upwards of twenty miles to 

 Ragoghur; the first part as usual by massaul-light. About halfway 

 we came to the river Parbuttee, and descending its steep banks, 

 passed near two hundred yards over its stony bed, to an island; 

 which having crossed, we reached the stream of water, and as- 

 cended the opposite banks; the whole pass occupying half a mile. 

 We soon came within view of a high range of hills, with a large 

 fort in front, which our guides informed us was Rogoghur; two 

 hours afterwards we found ourselves between two lofty hills, ap- 

 proaching the foot of the central range. On that to the left stood 

 the fort, very much concealed by trees and contiguous buildings. 

 Here we were met by a chopdar, with a request from the rajah 

 that we would not enter the town, but turn out of the road we 

 were then on, which led to its gates, and ascend the middle hill. 

 Not willing to give umbrage, we complied with the request, and 

 by this means had a leisure view of one face of the town, which 

 appears similar to Baroche, but considerably higher: the walls 

 seem of a weak construction, and the numerous towers mount no 

 cannon; on this quarter it appears quite inaccessible, and on the 

 road side for a great extent were newly-made intrenchments, and 



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