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discovered that, with all the friendly assistance I was receiving, 
it would be impossible either to finish the drawings of the figures, 
or to copy the inscriptions, in the course of the day, I therefore 
sent a messenger to Hurry Punt to put off my visit to the ^7th. We 
worked all day, and went down to dinner. In the evening, Captain 
Young received a note from a Lieutenant Ambrose of the 7 th 
native regiment, who was on his way from Panwell to Poonah, 
I requested he would invite him to join our party the next morn- 
ing. The weather was evidently growing cooler, for at night it was 
quite cold. 
October 26. — Lieutenant Ambrose joined us. I was sorry to find 
that he had lain last night under a mango tree, in the tope where 
we had encamped in going up, without any thing to cover him. He 
was a lively pleasing, young man, who had been in the navy 
during the Egyptian expedition. He afforded us great assistance 
in copying the inscriptions. Before night I was happy to find, that 
we were possessed of every inscription and necessary admeasurement. 
Mr. Salt's work was more extensive ; he therefore determined not 
to accompany us to Low Ghur, but again to visit the caves on the 
morrow, and join us at the mango tope, whither we meant to remove 
our encampment. To the Brahmins who attended the small pa- 
goda, dedicated to Bowannie, and to others who lived in the great 
cave, we gave some rupees, as they had been civil and useful. 
October 27. — Very early all the party, except Messrs. Salt and 
Smith, set off for Low Ghur. The road across thevalley was good, but 
when we began to ascend, the palanquins were of little use. We 
saw a line of caves facing due west on our left under the hill, on 
the summit of which is the fort of Esapoor. My servant visited 
