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our party. Dr. Murray's and CaptainYoung s palanquins and bearers 
had not made their appearance. 
October 7 . — Our Italian superintendant arrived early this morn- 
ing, and by ten we got his baggage, as well as our tents, safe on 
the way. The widow of the famous Nana Furnese sent me some 
breakfast, with her salaams. She is a young girl of sixteen, and is 
said to be pretty ; he married her when an infant ; she resides here 
with her uncle. Our Mussulmaun priest sent us some excellent 
rice pancakes ; as he had also the credit of being a good curry- 
maker, we persuaded him to go on with us. Before breakfast we 
walked through the village to visit a pagoda. It was dedicated to 
Mahadeo, and had nothing to recommend it, the pillars being 
wood, except a good tank in front of it. The building was filled with 
poor, who live there, and beg in the town. Some children among 
them were living skeletons, with scarcely a muscle to be seen. As 
we returned we were shocked by one of Captain Young's charnel- 
men dragging a dead body in a state of putrefaction. The Mussul- 
maun tomb has also a tank covered with the red and white 
nymphgea in high beauty. We dined early in order to get off in 
time; when it came to the point, our Mussulmaun friend would 
not go, and the Italian was left behind, as his horse was not arrived. 
The part of the village that we now passed through is extensive, 
and we were happy in not beholding so many wretched objects as 
on the other side. The paddy fields, as we proceeded, had in many 
places interrupted the road, and rendered it difficult to pass. We 
winded among the hills, and, at half-after seven, reached our tents, 
close to the village of Choke orChouke, a distance of thirteen miles. 
We had only one large tent, so that some of us slept within, and the 
