§14 ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY to the Sources o^ jbe 



GaJigoUis who was tlie relator, cannot fay when this took places bot as it 

 is traditional, snd this fpecies of information does not appear of lon»- 

 endurance among this people, it may probably not refer to a very diCp 

 tant period. The ruins of the viat'h or temple, are ftill to be feen. The 



village ■Bmdli, our flage for the night, wa& but ^ fiiort di Ranee onwards^ 

 and, we reached it eafily by 5 o'clock. 



■ This village, the highefl in the bed of the Mh^girafhiyn fituated jut 

 .above the confi aence of the Keri Nullah with the river, and is flated 

 .to be 12 cos from Gangolri : it formeriy was populous, riiid compara- 

 tively rich ; the revenue it produced being 75 rupees annually, of 

 which 22 were appropriated to the holy purpoie of fupporting the 

 religious edablifhrnent of Gangoiri. In the timeof the Gorc'/z^- pow- 

 der, 45, wQie ihus beftov/ed ; h\xi, by the pan dzf-s account, -who re-late4 

 thefe particulars, little or, nothing rjow.arofe from this fource. Juft 

 oppoflte, on the other fide of the riverp is iituatcd tl^; village of M?//^- 

 <j^/>^, onee popuious, and of its reverme (alfo about 75 rupees) half 

 .went to the eflablifhment of <?flw^<?M, and half to the catchiiig zv.d 

 .training of haw.ks for the r^V^ .amufemenL ;K,ow,,the pandit zx\d Iv.s, 

 fam^ily alone, confining of about, 15 perloos, remain of its v^hqlepopu'^' 

 Jation, The village of Cafhaura aliog tiiUately, produced a revenue to 

 the crown of ^5 rppeesj but now it is quite defolatc 1 and this total de- 

 fertion.or .partial deteriorationj ^i§ univerfal in th^e ,CQ,uptry, A ..village 

 .called Suparga, .vv^bich formerly .exided at fome diftance below, was 

 prefcnted^^jt isfi|.id,. by J^^*a.lvlAH:.SiNH whe.n ,,he cjime to b?ahe at the 

 'farCred fpot, . to tb4e-lj=j7?^o/r/ ejlabli.fhment. .Now the zemindars h^ve 

 totally dererte4..,it,?nd only the name remains. There can be but lit- 

 tle doubts that this defalcation in cultivation, inhabitants and general 

 .■profpsnty, ma.y be referred to the iron ..rule of the Goix'ha cg,r^^ 

 q.ueroTs. 



