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THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL. 
blessed in the stream of the second river of Paradise ; 
and it is credibly reported among the Faithful, that 
its supernatural qualities continued unimpaired, 
until affected by the religious degeneracy of the in- 
habitants. Alas ! who can behold unmoved the utter 
prostration of its present people ? Alas ! Alas ! 
those broad waters, though still white to the eye, 
retain no property more lacteous than may be sup- 
posed to result from the solution of the two sacks of 
lime. Yet, is it to be expected that an atom of 
humanity can exalt itself to the stirrup -tassels of 
the sun, or a moth fly over the battlements of the 
heavens ? 
It will probably add not a little to the readers 
interest in this legend, that all the localities alluded 
to are to be recognised in the accompanying views 
of the place. 
It was to this fortress that Pam Paja of Bija- 
nup-o'ur fled for refuge from the combined forces of 
the Mohummedan sovereigns of the Dekkan, after 
the total rout of his army on the plains of Talicotta. 
Here he collected the few remnants of his troops, 
the mere wreck of his once gallant bands ; and, setting 
out for Bijanuggur, endured a painful and harassing 
march, only to find his capital plundered and de- 
serted. The grief of Pam Paja on meeting with 
this new calamity was so excessive, that, although in 
