B^ MEASUREMENT , OF AN ARC 



tation that I entered it at all, from being apprehenfive ot interruption 

 occa.rioned by the jealoufy of the inhabitants ; but all impediments 

 have been removed by the truly liberal fupport which I have met v^ith 

 from Mr. Henry Russell, the Reiident at the Nizams court, who 

 to a zeal for promoting lifefulfcience, has added a fpirit of natioPial 

 pride in forwarding the objeft of my labours — By his good offices 

 every appearance of diScuky has vanifhsd; and it is bat juft to f^y 

 thus much as a tribute due to bis kind and fiiendly attention. ^ — I at 

 firft indeed experienced fome delays when my iignal flags were fent 

 forward, and that from not knowing in v»^hat diflrid: they might fall; 

 but when that happened, an order from the jaghiredar was indantly 

 procured by the minifler^and the difficulty removed — But when it be- 

 came generally known that I was not furveying their little diftrids, the 

 alarm ce;^ied, and I' met with the fame willingnefs toafTid., as I found in^ 

 every other part of the peninfula, efpecially among the Gentoo inhabi- 

 tants. The moll ferious impediments that I Oiali apprehend to the rsorih- 

 ward w.U be from the gangs of olunderers, which infefl that quarter 

 when the Army is not' in the'fietd —It will however be a defnableob- 

 je6l towards promoting general geography, as •well as for giving a bafis 

 for local furveys, to < xtend this work as far to the northward ©s p flible, 

 and to enlarge ir, as is intended, fo as to take in all the great military 

 roads leading from the ceded ciillricls to J iulna, Ellichpoor, Na^pnor, 

 ,&d';;^'arid when that Ihall be completed, and the triangles extended from 

 MafulzMtamidPomt Palmiras, all which is a part of the work before me, 

 1 tru(V.that 1 Ihall have contributed my fhare towards the advancement 

 of 7Ma?z'(2n geography; Should I live to accomplifli -Al that, there will 

 thenb'', be fides the great extent of territory already comprehended, a 

 fcundadon laid ior extending this furvey over the whole of the Deckan, 

 through Orrffa and the, more riorthern provinces, through the Marhattd 

 dommionsi and finally, into the upper dillrids o^ Hindujlan, and i fm- 



