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of its being the depository of all his treasures ; but 
as the direct road to it lay through the pass which 
was now in possession of his enemies, he was obliged 
to proceed by a more circuitous route, and, leaving 
Lutteefpoor early in the afternoon with a few fol- 
lowers, — how unlike his late flight from Benares !• — 
he, unsuspected by his foes, took a long sweep over the 
hills to the high road, several miles beyond the pass, 
and then made the best of his way to the hill-fort 
where all his money was deposited, together with his 
last hopes of security ; and where, from the impregna- 
ble construction and situation of this stronghold, he 
imagined he might at least find a secure refuge for the 
present. During his rapid flight he was perpetually 
haunted by the dread of a pursuing enemy, which was 
aggravated by the apprehension of a speedy and signal 
retribution. 
The fort of Bidzee Gur is situated upon a lofty hill 
about sixty miles south-west of Benares. The ap- 
proach to it from that city is across an extensive 
plain. A broad rapid stream of water passes the 
base of the hill, over which there is a massy stone 
bridge with eleven arches ; these arches are high 
and narrow, terminating in a central point like the 
gothic arch. Between each there is a stone but- 
tress, projecting about four feet from the wall, and 
presenting the acute edge of its triangular surface 
to the stream, thus acting as a breakwater during 
the periodical storms, when the river is swollen by the 
rains and agitated by the tempest. This bridge is 
a remarkably beautiful piece of masonry. The en- 
trance is protected by a massy and lofty gateway 
