178 ACCOUN'li^' of a JOCJ&NEY t&- ttfE SooReEs of th-^' 



about tlie village of Bcmchml^ and met with- in our afcent. to GcLnganU 

 €i-Dhar^ isaifo lime /tone under various ihapes..j among others- is a-cu> 

 rious cancretioD,- to all appearance like the irreglalar' malTes of mortar 

 and g ravel- iound iji ths walls &f old buildirtgs^;. fometimes it was of great 

 faardnefs and in large miffes, ai othefs,: as if only forming into ther/i» 

 Common -^d micaceous ilate are alfo; met withi'.and-^ a. very white 

 foft filvery earth., that feels foapy between the fingers* The top of 

 &angdni'€i'Dkdr exhibits a- Engular appearance |. totally denuded of: 

 foil, the rock is cut into ft range forms and fillLires by the adion of 

 Horms :• — it is a compound of fand and lime-ftone, and where there is 

 little of the la(l to bind and harden the former^ the violence of the wea-? 

 iher has worn it away. 



From hence, the road' winds "pretty conllantly along the river bank t. 

 the heat was exceflive both in our defcent, and in the low grounds. A 



few miles onwards we pafTed Mmngral-Gerk^ an old ruin, which ftands 

 on a peninfular rock, from 150 to 200 feet high, boldly proje6ling 



into the river 5 it was lately occupied by Dha man Chand, Ahmed:- 

 SiNH, and Daulat Sinh, who were the Botiilas of the Raja of- 

 Gerzohak The term Rotilla^ as far as I could underfland, is ap- 

 plied to a- fon of the Raja^ born of a Have woman'; and- this-.. 

 reiidence was entirely appropriated to thefe connedions of the roy- 

 al family ; it appears ta have been of coniiderable extent, but con* 

 ilruded much like the ssliial houfes of the fmali Thdcurs we have feen 

 in our tour ; it is- now however in ruins, having been burnt three 

 years ago by fome difcontented zemindars. Juft above this place, the 

 reinaius of a Sango, or Bridge, which kept up communication with the 

 village near Maufjgrai-Gerh, are yet vifible. 



We paffed feveral villages— ^jri^ and Bercot on the eailern fide, 

 and Pot'hi (ruined) with Simaldi (a fingle houfc) on the wedern or 

 right bank : aod faw the debouches of feveral , confiderable flreams 



