He Even Held Out During The Whole Reign Of Akbar, Keeping Upon The
Mountains.
Beyond the walls, the suburbs formerly extended four coss to
the north, but are now all in ruins, except a few tombs, mosques, and
goodly serais, in which no persons now dwell.
[Footnote 238: The original says N.E. and S.W. but in our best and
latest map of Hindoostan, the direction is nearly E. and W. or perhaps
E. by N. and W. by S. - E.]
The 9th we went four coss by a very bad stony road to Luneheira.
Between this and the ruins, at three c. from Mandow, is a fine tank
inclosed with stone, having a banqueting-house in the middle, and a fair
house on the south side, now in ruins, from which to the
banqueting-house is an arched bridge. The 10th to Dupalpore, fourteen
c. a small town and the road good. The 11th twelve long cosses to
Ouglue, or Oojain, a fair city, in the country called Malwah, a
fertile soil abounding with opium. In this country the coss is two
English miles. We halted the 12th. The 13th to Conoscia eleven c.
14th, eight c. to Sunenarra, or Sannarea, by a bad stony way, among a
thievish people, called graciae, inhabiting the Hills on our left
hand, who often plunder the caffilas, or caravans, and a hundred of
them had done so now to a caravan, if we had not prevented them by our
arrival. This is a small town, short of which we passed a great tank
full of wild fowl. The 15th ten c. to Pimelegom, a shabby aldea. At
the end of the fourth coss we passed Sarampore, or Sarangpoor, a great
town with a castle on its south side, and a handsome town-house. Here
are manufactured much good cotton cloth and handsome turbans. Short of
this town we met Khan Jehan, a great favourite of the king, with 10,000
horse, many elephants, and a number of boats, going to join the army at
Boorhanpoor. On the way also we met many of Rajah Mansing's Rajapoots,
he having in all about 20,000, so that it was thought the army would
amount to 100,000 horse when all assembled.
From the 16th to the 26th of March, we travelled 74 coss to Qualeres,
or Colarass, a small pretty town, encompassed with tamarind and mango
trees.[239] The 27th to Cipry, or Shepoory, seven Surat cosses of a
mile and a half each, by a desert road. Two nights before, some sixty or
seventy thieves assailed in the dark a party of 150 Patan soldiers,
mistaking them for a caffila that had just gone before, by whom ten of
them were slain and as many taken, the rest escaping in the dark. The
28th to Narwar twelve c. through a rascally desert full of thieves. In
the woods we saw many chuckees, stationed there to prevent robbery;
but they alledge that the fox is oft times set to herd the geese.
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