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It may not be unnecessary to remark, that one of our party was a 
colonel in the army; myself and the other gentleman held respect- 
able posts in the civil service; which made us travellers of some 
consequence among people who pay great deference to rank and 
station. 
Bagojee Angria resided at Colabie , a fortified island half a mile 
from Alla-Bhaug; in which were the palace, treasury, and other 
public buildings; but the stables, gardens, and larger edifices, 
were at Alla-Bhaug: the former contained a noble stud of Persian 
and Arabian horses, elephants, and camels; and every thing about 
the Durbar was in a princely style. 
At nine o’clock Ragojee came from Colabie, mounted on a 
large elephant, richly caparisoned: the duan followed on horse- 
back; and the procession consisted of several stale elephants, led 
horses, camels carrying the large drums, trumpeters, and other 
musicians, a select detachment of cavalry, and a body guard of 
infantry. On dismounting from the elephant, Ragojee’s chopdars, 
or heralds, proclaimed his titles, and conducted him with great 
state to the durbar, where the duan presented us in form; he 
embraced each with a smiling countenance, and sat down on a 
cushion prepared for his reception : he then sprinkled rose-water, 
decked us with wreaths of mogrees, and concluded his visit by a 
present of muslin and keemcab; pieces of satin, with gold and 
silver flowers: these ceremonies, and some general political con- 
versation occupied about an hour, when the prince reascended his 
moving castle, and returned in the same state to Colabie. 
Ragojee was splendidly dressed in a muslin vest, and drawers 
of crimson and gold keemcab; his turban and sash were of purple 
