GARLI CAVES. 
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On returning down stairs, it was whispered to Mr. Frissel that 
there were more gentlemen present than he expected, and that 
therefore he had not prepared presents for all of them. It was set- 
tled that a distinction would be indecorous, and that he should offer 
them only to me. They consisted of a dress, a part of which he 
wished to put on, but Mr. Frissel told him it could not be permit- 
ted : he tied a small serpaish round my hat. The minister inun- 
dated me with plain water instead of rose water, which was not 
very pleasant. I had however the pleasure of afterwards seeing all 
the rest of the party undergo the same punishment. Pawn and attar 
were served round, and we took our leave. We had a party of 
Bazeegurs or Nats, who are described by Captain Richardson in 
the seventh volume of the Asiatic Researches, to amuse us at our 
tents. The women tumbled very actively, and were remarkably 
robust figures. Their small tents were pitched without the town, 
and were in size like those of our gipsies. Captain Richardson has, 
in the work above quoted, pointed out other circumstances of re- 
semblance, that certainly justify, in a very great degree, his conjec- 
ture of their having a common origin. The similarity of language 
is almost a conclusive argument. 
October ^4. — In order to visit the Caves ofCarli to more ad- 
vantage, we had the tents pitched at the foot of the hill, which 
contains these interesting antiquities. It is nearly opposite to the 
fort of Low Ghur, distant about four miles, directly across the vale. 
The chain of hills here runs nearly east and west, but this protrudes 
from them at right angles. The chief cave fronts due west. There 
are also a few in a blulf point at the southern extremity, the en- 
trances to which are visible from the bottom. The whole road was 
