ELICHPOOR AND MUNGROOL. 
If the bow of difficulty be strung with faith, 
It will not fail to propel miracles. 
MENU. 
The names attached to localities in the East gene- 
rally have their origin in some circumstance connected 
with the history or quality of the country. Elich- 
poor, or, as the natives properly call it, Elachipoor, 
signifies the place of cardamoms ; and the traveller 
who intends making it his resting-place, will possibly 
be disposed to think comfortable things concerning 
fragrant spice-gardens or nicely-seasoned viands, and 
may be apt to indulge in other pleasant anticipations 
of this well-titled city ; until he is informed that it 
lies immediately between two rivers called the Sam- 
pun (the stream of snakes), and the Bichun (the 
stream of scorpions). I am not aware that these 
deadly reptiles are unusually abundant in the sur- 
rounding country ; but certainly the very names of 
its waters might deter a nervous man from pitching 
his tents in the neighbourhood. 
Elichpoor is a considerable city, and the capital of 
