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flowing from the Baugi diud Sucral mountains; and croiTed Bendl-Ci^ 

 GdcCh^ a large ftreaiiaj. whiG-h has its -rife inSaruldUCa'Tibat about feven 

 cos hence. 



Therw is a great deal of line rice euliavation in the lower part of this 

 valleyj which is flat and rich ; at the time we paffed it^ the zemindars, 

 their women andchildrenj were bufily- employed- in planting rice, and-, 

 were cheered in their labour by a rude band of finginsj and dancioff 

 men with their inftruments 5 who proceeded forthwith to falute and 

 welcome the ftrangers. The natives are remarkably partial to this un- 

 couth amufement, and fingers and dancers are met with in every vil- 

 lage. Here the villagers appeared very numerous, and were particu- 

 larly • favage and wild in their appearance, both men and- women^ 

 laughing like idsots as ws.paffeda- 



A SHARP afcent up the end of DMlu Bhar^ and a ftiort progrefr 

 along its face brought us to the village of Duc^heat, our flation for the 

 night, it is neat and of confiderable fizCj and is one of feveral in this 

 valley that form the chief part of the Benal That, From here too we 

 enjoy a good view up the Benal valleys which, though not very level, 

 is remarkably well cultivated ; much rain fell this evening, and our 

 quarters were not ihe moll comfortable^ 



Here feveral '* Gorc'ha foldiers joined us, to all appearance in a very 

 wretched (late, and folicited fervice, at all events protedion, from th& 



* It was usual, duiiog the Goveranaeut of that people^: to station parties id the different districts, for 

 the ^lurpoae of collecting the levenuo ; and io progress of time, many of them took daughters of Ihe 

 zemindars io marriage, not always with the good will of llie latter, but the connexion formed a tie be- 

 tween the coiiqueiois atid corqueted, which, though far weaker from the savage and treach^'^^'tis oa=. 

 tore of ihe people, (hau a similar one in most other countries woaid have been, was ^iiii sufficient dur- 

 ing its exioteiice to guarantee life, and preveat the murder of the Soil-iii.lu''"' 



When the power of the Gorc'has -was broken, and their troops were taken prisoners or scalteTed, 

 those, in the further districts thus connected, chose rather to domesticate with their wives and families, 

 than run the hazard of tetreatiog throujjh a country of hostile savages, ripe for reveuge oo a tyrannical 



