Sm> SURVEY OF THE GANGES. 



Tain, and the consequent swelling of the Causila, which he had to eros^j. 

 retarded his progress, so much, that he did not reach our encampment 

 till live o'clock. He is a tall, stout, good looking man, about sixty years 

 of age; although, from his healthy appearance, he might be supposed at 

 least ten years younger. His manners are affable and conciliatory ; he 

 talks the Hindustmii language tolerably well ; but he has a quick mode 

 of expression, and a singular impediment in his speech, which renders it 

 rather difficult at times to comprehend him. He is the elder brother of 

 Mast! Bhal and^ uncle to the young Raja of JsTapdL About the time 

 that Ran Beha'dur went to Benares^, Bhim Sahi was detached, on some 

 political mission, to Calcutta ; where he acquired an insight into the cus- 

 toms and manners of Europeans, for whom he professes to entertain a 

 great partiality. He is considered, by the natives, as a man of universal 

 talents ; and is said to have a great turn for mechanics, to the pra6lical 

 part of which he devotes most of his leisure. 



From the ascendency which the party of the Tappas had gained in tlie 

 counsels of the young Raja of Gtirc'ha, he had been superceded in his 

 office by Rewart Sinh Ku'a, a chief of that party. As BHiMSAmls 

 more esteemed, in liis public siUiation, than asiy other chief, his removal 

 appeared to cause general regret. 



23d, Therm. 72^ Marched tc Cte^ra. Our road lay at first over 

 successive small ridges, between which were numerous streams and water 

 courses ; and the remainder was a continued descent, to Baghar G'haPoxi 

 the banks of the Caiisila. The breadth of the stream is twenty-five or 

 thirty yards, and the current very rapid. There being no ford, we were 

 detained for a considerable time^ in coUe6ling, from the neighbouring 



