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Journal of a Tour through parts 



[No. 139. 



Former Chief. 



pees; he is a native of Ramnagar. The other taxes of the place are col- 

 lected by Rajah Gulab Singh. The town contains eight thousand houses 

 chiefly of mud, and six hundred and fifty shops, seventeen mosques, 

 and fifteen dhurmsalas and thakoor divalas. There were formerly 

 eighty-four villages dependent on Rasoolnagar, that are now given 

 away in separate jagire*. There are eighty-four wells for cultivation, 

 which are all distributed in jagires to Brahmins. The inhabitants are 

 Musselmans. The revenue formerly was three lakhs of rupees. The 

 former chief of this place was Ghulam Kadar Khan, 

 by tribe a Chatha. He has now taken up his abode 

 in Ramkee, and has employment in Runjeet Singh's gorchars, on a 

 salary of 400 rupees. When chief, he could collect several thousand 

 men, and has often opposed Runjeet Singh and his father in the field. 



Here my funds ran short, and the Persian writer and cossid be- 

 came clamorous for pay. Knowing that a man of my employer's, by 

 Diversion to Um- name Nursing, was at Umritsir on a tour, having 

 ntsir. similar objects to my own ; I set out for that city, 



promising to return in nine days. On my arrival at Umritsir, my 

 application to Nursing proved unsuccessful ; but I fortunately encoun- 

 tered some Persian and Cabool acquaintances ; one of them, by name 

 Agha Rajab Alee Khan, lent me 280 rupees, and paid for 45 rupees 

 worth of pedlery that I bought for my journey, and I set off on 

 my return, accompanied by my creditor's uncle, who was to be 

 repaid at Cabool. On my return to Rasoolnagar, having overstayed 



Disappearance of m y time b y tw0 da Y s > l found that the Persian 

 Meerza. writer, tired of waiting, had disappeared with my 



notes. I lost no time in following him by double marches ; on arriv- 

 ing at Koohar, I found he had left the preceding night ; here I was no 

 longer able to follow him on foot. Alam Khan lent me a horse and a 

 guide, for which I presented him with a looking glass. On arriving 

 at Rotas, I found the Meerza in the mosque. After a deal of coaxing, 

 I induced him to return with me to Koohar, where I paid all my com- 

 panions their wages, and got them to accompany me further on my 

 journey. 



21st Rajab. — Started for Khurd Chotala, arriving in three kos at the 

 river Jelam. The place contains two hundred houses 

 and eight wells for cultivation. The inhabitants 



Khurd Chotala. 



