|:hrough the hills to t^e E. and ,l)y the city jpf vi//«(;(/j^^ -,. j^^^g |^, , 



^^TuE territorfes which formerly belonged to -the'Rf^ja' 'dp iSrtn^'gar,'are 

 dow. divided into eighty-four Perganahs ; included in- 't4iree^^TCf72^'5, ct 

 ^Misfens ; over each of 'which is appoiiVte<ft ■ a''^^iWa¥y-''gbVi^fl6r/ who 

 'l^^ffie supreme gufis-diction in his own d'istrict. ''lL\i^' Atth'SWdM^ :\\o^ 

 iri 6!!fefe-ai^rBHXiRb-TAp:^HV-'BuDDT Txfah;- and'^^KSuiMvi^f'^T^^.'ail 

 of wfiom are employed in the siege of Cdngra ; ' Vih'ite ' tlie afla'irs in this 

 quarter are transacted by deputies, who hold pro tempore the authority 

 of the chiefs, and pass decision on all civil causes. If a reference is 

 made by the inhabitants of two districts,' the SerdSrs of those districts 

 meet in council, to determine the point. The mode of proceeding is 

 undoubtedly very summary; and in criminal cases a court of judicature 

 may be considered unnecessary ; for, when an unlimited power of life and 

 death is vested in the governor, a form of trial becomes a mere mockery. 

 The common mode of punishment is by levying a Dand or fine, upon a 

 a Perganah, village, or individual ; and in default of payment, to seize 

 the person, property, or families of the oflenders. 



It had loiijg .b>{@^n ^ pl^ JKi ^^it^ioii; :at,tlie court of JV>^^./, .;tp .itjvade 



■ ,1:^6 .tejFjc itoT^es r-(^f the JRaja of .^fCfW^iar^ and^tpext^nd their possessions to 



..Kashmir. ^0 far tliw,<jk as the j^^r ,1791, after ; red iiei^qg Ca7ndd}i and 



-its dependences, !tbeQ//:c7^a/?.^;ma4e an attempt to subdue the country of 



-Garwnl.; ;but tiie oppositionthey jnet with, at the fort of Laiigur, before 



which they.wiejF'e.aip6iicces5rHlly4©t3ine:d for upwards of twelve montj^s, 



and the.invas^oiaijof JV^i/)/27 by the Chinese Tartars, drew their forces frpp 



'this quarter, and pbligcd them to postpone their projea to a later pQri,9|d. 



The rmilt of this expedition, however, tended to render the Raja of 



