THE GHAUTS. 
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recognized, was conveyed in a palenkeen to the palace. 
It was warm when first discovered ; the eyes were open, 
the features not distorted, and Major Allen and Co- 
lonel Wellesley were for a few moments doubtful whe- 
ther it was not alive. It had four wounds, three in 
the trunk and one in the temple, the hall of which, 
having entered a little above the right ear, had lodged 
in the cheek. His dress consisted of a jacket of fine 
white linen, loose drawers of flowered chintz, the usual 
girdle of the east, crimson-coloured, tied round his waist, 
and a handsome pouch, with a belt of silk, red and 
green, hung across his shoulder. He had an amulet 
on his arm ; but his ornaments, if he wore any, were 
gone.” * 
Upon quitting the neighbourhood of the once flou- 
rishing capital of Mysore, we bent our course towards 
the coast of Malabar, where we concluded we should 
find some vessel about to sail up the Persian Gulf, in 
which we might procure a passage to Mascat, whither 
we were very anxious to proceed. On our way to- 
wards the Ghauts that separate Malabar from the 
upland country, we were delighted with the abrupt 
massy grandeur arid extreme diversity of the scenery. 
A new prospect was presented at every point, or 
rather the aspect of the country seemed so altered 
by change of position within the intervals of a few 
hundred yards, that it had all the appearance of ex- 
hibiting a different view, unless where some remark- 
able object existed to show its identity. Upon our 
approach to a small town, my attention was arrest- 
ed by the beauty of a large tank, surrounded with 
* Vide Mills ad loc. 
