CHAPTER IX. 
FORT VICTORIA, 
THE HOT WELLS AT DAZAGON, 
AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE ADJACENT COUNTRY 
IN THE CONCAN: 
A JOURNEY FROM THENCE TO BOMBAY; 
WITH SKETCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS 
OF THE MAHRATTAS. 
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I conceive every traveller does well to submit to his country observations which have arisen 
from local knowledge; since out of much dross it is possible some pure gold may be extracted; 
and by whatever customs or prejudices mankind are enslaved,, that very circumstance renders the 
knowledge of importance. An ok. 
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