ROUTE TO JUBBULPORE.
powerful of the great Moguls, who died in 1707, also
those of several Mahomedan saints, one of the
latter’s tombs having been converted into a d&k bungalow.
From Roza a steep ghaut descends to Dou-
lutabad, a famous fortress, consisting of a vast conical
shaped rock, scarped all round to a complete perpendicular
for a height of 120 feet from the base, and
only accessible from below by an opening through the
solid granite. Thence to Aurungabad, a once important
city, now in ruins. Here is the celebrated
tomb of Rabia Durani, the daughter of Aurungezebe,
built in imitation of the Taj Mahal at Agra. From
here the road takes a northerly direction, and passes
through the towns of Phulmari and Selhod, down the
ghaut to Ferdapur, which is only a few miles from
Ajanta; thence, after a visit to the caves, to the
Pachora station, on the Great Indian Peninsular
Railway. This bit of information may be of interest
to intending visitors.
The distance between Naudgaum and Jubbulpore,
440 miles, we accomplished in twenty hours, luxurious
travelling after my late tonga experience. We passed
through some fine scenery, crossed the Nerbudda and
over a dense jungle, where only a few days ago a
gentleman had been very badly mawled by a tiger, and
was said to be dying from his wounds. At last we