1850.] 



Eastern Districts of the Soubah of Hydrabad, 



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with, and both when a person travels here, (whether it be to seek 

 employment or for the purpose of speculation,) and when he returns 

 hence, he shall not be able to obtain, at a halting place, on the road, 

 more than one seer of rice, and one fowl for himself, which its au- 

 thorities will duly furnish, and say that the rajah does not permit 

 more. The roads are not broad and open, but so narrow, that two 

 persons cannot walk over them abreast, nor one after another, with- 

 out difficulty, and inconvenience. The jungles are dismal, and 

 frightful : the trees of teak, and bushes of bamboos, and other large 

 trees, being thickly mixed and closely intertwined, the grass even 

 grows to the height of a man's stature, and numerous streams and 

 rivulets, frequently to be crossed over by the traveller, add not a 

 little to the difficulties on the road ; in fine, no one has a sufficient 

 knowledge of these roads, to be able to travel with pleasure and 

 safety, but the inhabitants themselves, who are well acquainted with 

 their intricacies and quite accustomed to them. In their present 

 state, they are not fit for horses, elephants, and other large animals, 

 the inhabitants use small tattoos. A horse of full size was never seen 

 in these parts ; wheeled conveyances are very rare ; the fields pro- 

 duce corn, green gram, and the grain called codrow. 



Duntwarrah lies five stages west of Bustar, there are two streams 

 in it called Sunknee, and Dunknee, at the junction of which stands 

 a temple in which human sacrifices were formerly made, but this 

 abominable practice, is now stopped. There is also a tannah of 

 Nagpore stationed at this place. Chintalnad is the name of a fort 

 6even stages southward, which is in the charge of Bappooraj, who 

 however does not reside in it, living in a place called Devarcoondah 

 which is not far distant. Jeypoor lies sixteen coss east of Bustar, 

 and an amicable correspondence is always kept up between the two 

 powers. In fact there is a standing engagement to the effect, that 

 whatever the rajah (of Bustar) might obtain possession of from other 

 powers, should be divided between them. 



Rayapoor is fifteen stages from Bustar, and Nagpore ten stages 

 from Rayapoor, there is a broad main road between the last two 

 places. 



