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CANDALLA. 
more horrid spectacle than Campaly: above one hundred dead 
bodies lay upon it, on which the vultures and Paria dogs were 
feeding : famine was in every face, several houses were uninhabited, 
and the last victims had never been removed from the places where 
they perished. We assembled all the poor that were alive, and gave 
them several pice each. The harvest is now so near that it may be 
hoped not many more will perish. We had but little appetite for 
breakfast, and hastened from this scene of horror. The country was 
fine and well cultivated. Our bearers were in high spirits ; the air 
was cool, and we reached a spot near the celebrated caves of Garli 
by half after eleven, a distance of fifteen miles, where Colonel Close 
had pitched his tents for our reception, which were excellent, and 
with them was provided every proper convenience. The Killadar* 
of the Esapoor fort came to pay his compliments ; he had a guard of 
native soldiers, and told me his garrison consisted of two thousand. A 
messengerbearing excellent butter, and a profusion of fruit, arrived 
from Colonel Close, who sent to say, that we need not reach Poonah 
till the l^th. For the first time we had the good fortune to be at 
a distance from any village, and its melancholy accompaniments ; 
a mango tope formed a screen to the south, and a pellucid tank 
was in our front. A very heavy thunder storm discomposed us a 
little, as the rain beat partially through the tent. The crashes of 
thunder were the most tremendous I ever heard, and were so close 
as to give reasonable ground of ajarm. The Esapoor Killadar came 
again in the evening with fowls, sheep, kc. It rained again in the 
night. 
October 10.— -The want of cooleys obliged us to stay breakfast 
* Militiary Governor. 
