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inexhaustible treasure of them ; and they are still highly valued by 

 pilgrims. Zoronisios, or Dzoronisios is from the Sanskrit Jaran'asya, 

 pronounced in Bengal, and written by several Sanskrit scholars, Dzoro- 

 n'osyo. Jaran'a, and its derivative, implying sort of food, ready 

 dressed ; also its remains. In the Tamuli dialect, such pebbles are 

 called Paruccai-callu, or stones looking like Paruceai, or grains of 

 boiled rice and millet. The pilgrims come afterwards, to a small 

 stream of fresh water, beyond which, at the distance of about a mile, 

 is a small village called Gdreh, which they reckon fifteen cos from the 

 ghat, and seventeen from Shah-bandar, or 32 British miles. Hence to 

 Crimdji, a small village consisting only of five or six wretched huts, 

 four cos : here there are two roads ; that to the right leads to Rdm-bdg, 

 and that to the left to Laheri-bandar, about four cos, in all 25 cos, or 

 47.5 British miles from Tat'ha ; but some considerable allowance is to 

 be made for the windings of the road, which are here considerable, and 

 will reduce the whole distance to 40 miles. The road from Tat'ha to 

 Laheri-bandar lies on the right of the western branch of the Indus, 

 the other side being impracticable. Of course it does not follow, that 

 Laheri-bandar is on the right side of that branch. However, I believe 

 it to be so, as it is declared in the Ayin-Acberi to be a purgunnah be- 

 longing to Sircar Tatah of our maps, and of course it is out of the 

 Delta. I never saw any body, that had been at Laheri-bandar, except 

 Mauluvi Saleh ; who visited it about 50 years ago ; but, as he says, 

 never saw it, as he arrived after dark, and left it before day light. He 

 remembers very well crossing a river close to it ; but cannot recollect 

 on which side of it the town is situated. From Laheri-bandar to Rdm- 

 bdg, there are 13 cos, or 25 miles. By water, it is first five sea leagues 

 down the river ; thence, along the sea shore, ten nautical miles, in all 

 28 British miles. By land little allowance is to be made, as the country 

 is flat, and level, and the 25 miles may be reduced to 23. About 14 

 or 15 miles from Crimdji, they come to a desert place, and about a 

 musket-shot to the right, is a small river called Matsar, dry at that 

 season of the year ; but there was a well of good water in its bed. It 

 falls into the bay of Crdchi, and here the guides inform the pilgrims, 

 that the sea is very near. Between this place, and Crimdji, there are 

 two Charis, Charicds, or Creeks, into which the tide flows. Hence 

 ten, or eleven miles to Rdm-bdg : they first cross a Chart, which comes 



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