ISO ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY to iim Sources gf the 



violence they dreaded from the natiVes, Ihoujd they be left in the hills 

 after the Engliih m%ht quit them ; they exctifcd them ft:lves from at- 

 tending us to Gangoirh on the plea oF want of arms and cloaths, which 

 we could not fupply them with ; probably, they were not defirous of 

 a long and fatiguing journey^ they therefore were difpatched with a 

 cote to my brother at Sirmagar^ wiih a few fepoys, in the fervice of 

 the Fauj-Dar of Bevjacn^ as a protedion from infult or harm. 



July i2^/^.--THismornnigwe were joined by Govmo Sing Bhisht, 

 the chief, or Fauj-Dar Rewaen^ who came to accompany and con- 

 du6l us through the diftrid tinder his diredion; he is a man of high 

 caft, and confiderable confequence, and has bad the entire adminiftrati- 

 on of the Qxtcnfive purgunnak of Rewaen; in fad, he h^s of late been 

 more like an independent Prince, than a governor ; for, in lo impracli- 

 cable a country, he could not eafily be called to ftrid: account, either 

 by the Raja or his conquerors ; he had alfo been on good terms with 

 the Gorc'ha chiefs, owing-, we underdood, much of confequence, to 



and fallea master. Others too, in Uke manner, though fsot er.joying the secarify resulting from any 

 sii,ch tie, cho&B rather to tr.-ait ta the protection of .gome zemindar, who:-a they might liave known and 

 perhaps obllgecl, and by whom (hey believed their lives would not be attacked, than etuke their safety 

 «>|i a core dangerous flight, fh-'ugh 4os5 of property in either case was certain. 



iHUs, individuals of this wretched people were foHod in erery district of the hills, and evPry ona 

 strspt of his property, even to the necessary cloaths to cover them from the weather. Many wera still 

 more deplorably si'uated; some, wounded and neglected, were languishing unassisted, in want even «(f 

 {■Id fir""' ''"'^'' ^"^ ^^^ '° *^ Jii"gl<^-^, to eBcaps the massacre their coB5r»d»B fell victims to, and 

 ^■a> ^ or a long time subsisted on roots and fruits. Even the marriage tie did not ahrays ensure good 

 -|.^«menf; «nd not unfrequently, when the terror of consequences ceased, ihe zemindars reclaim. J 

 .h^.r daughters, nr»d forcod them to leare their husbands, although the stipulated prices had been p.Vld 

 Uiem. Several curious cases were referrPd to us for decision, in which, of cnurse, nothing could ba 

 done, hut to ieaye the matter tothe ur.inflaenced decision of the lady herself; and it must be 'sai.!, that 

 wh^re (he contract roas broken, it generally appeared that the io«s of the money, the price of (he fs, 

 TO3le, (fron. 12 to 16 Rupees,) was the most grievous part of the injury. .T/^a«, t1iey ^'ever^would re- 

 sfore,«arguing, thai^K^ contract had .been priginally made in great measure by forcu on the •Gorc'/iaside, 

 and ihat one or two years' pc^pssion was sufficient to cancel if, provided it was the wonfun's wish s« 

 to do. Many however of thsse women Mt (heir families and country, and followed ihe party, wi fe 

 ;heir fforc'^s lords, perfectly voluntarily, aad appeared not only fuHy eqaal to the fatigues of the 

 Riarch, but were of the greatest use to thoir husbands, occasioP-ally carrying tbelr children, aud always 

 cooking their meals, whsn arrived at the eyenjng's ground. 



