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considered as one, though I do not understand that the present Raja 
ever visited it. 
The governor of the district, styled Paro Pilo, has his residence here. 
This post is at present held by a brother of the Daeb’s; he was absent 
from his station, having set out, I was informed, a few days before, 
to Tassisudon, to celebrate the great festival, as well as for the same 
purpose which leads all the other chiefs at this season to the capital, to 
acknowledge their vassalage, and render an account of the revenues of 
their different districts. His jurisdiction is of the first importance in 
Bootan: it extends from the frontier of Tibet to the borders of Bengal ; 
to Dalimcotta, adjoining to the territories of Segwim, or Seccum Raja; 
and it comprehends the low lands at the foot of the Luckidewar moun¬ 
tains. Paro Pilo is always considered as a person of high eminence, 
and has his establishment of Zempi, Zoompoon, Donier, Cullum*, 
Zeenkaubs, Poes, and'Gylongs, as well as the Daeb himself. 
The castle, or palace of Paro, known also by the appellation of 
Parogong, and Rinjipo, is constructed, and the surrounding ground 
laid out, more with a view to strength and defence, than any place I 
have seen in Bootan. It stands near the base of a very high moun¬ 
tain : its foundation does not decline with the slope of the rock, but 
the space it occupies, is fashioned to receive it horizontally. Its form 
is an oblong square ; the outer walls of the four angles, near the top 
of them, sustain a range of projecting balconies, at nearly equal inter¬ 
mediate distances, which are covered by the fir eaves that project, as 
usual, high above and beyond the walls, and are fenced with parapets 
a Cullum, a kind of inferior secretary. 
