PAN WELL. 
nearly five thousand people have been employed, who have had 
provisions from the stores; one hundred and fifty people have also 
been charitably fed every day at the kitchen on rice ; yet the deaths 
for six months are estimated by Captain Young at four thousand. 
Rice being procurable here, the poor wretches exerted themselves 
to crawl down, and perished even in sight of the house. 
The Aumildar of the district came to wait on me with presents 
of fruit, whom I permitted to sit down, in consideration of my being 
in an independent country. He was a handsome Brahmin, but was 
very troublesome, and wished to tax even the Bombay people, that 
were here on public service. In consequence of a reprimand, he 
was obliged to desist. I therefore paid him little attention. The 
village seems populous, and is prettily situated on the banks of the 
river, in a plain surrounded by lofty mountains, one of which much 
resembles the table-land of the Cape. The priest of the tomb of 
Kurrun Ali Khan also waited on me. It is a neat building, with a 
dome, and two small pinnacles, that peep out from a grove of mango 
trees. Kurrun, he informed me, was a native ofLucknow, who lived 
here for six years. There are twenty-five readers of the Koran at- 
tached to the tomb. 
I was much mortified to find that the tents had not been carried 
on, and that the superintend ant of our stores was not even arrived. 
The bullocks could not carry the tents, and we were obliged to 
apply to the Aumildar for cooleys. These were not obtained till 
night, so that all removal was impracticable. We found Lieutenant 
Smith at this place, a complete invalid ; and as Dr. Murray, who, 
attended me in a medical capacity, thought that the journey up the 
Gauts might render him essential service, I persuaded him to join 
