ral j and towards 'the énd o f December we failed, and arrived
at Bauglepoor early in January, 1782. As at this place it
was my intention to remain for fome time, I took my leave
for the préfcnt of the gentlemen attending the Governor General,
who, iri the fpace ó f two months Out o f the fix fince
we' had left Calcutta, had been witnefs. to. a revolt that had
nearly fhaken the Britifh power in India to its b a ft; but, by
the vigorous exertions of the officers, feconded By the courage
and perfeveranee o f the troops,, under a well regulated
plan for the5rèèb^ëf^ öf; the power of the Kaft-India Company,
every thing terminated in a manner that ferved to im-
prefs the powers’ then at war with the Englifh with the moft
formidable opinion of the vigour and energy of the Britifh
o-ovcrnment. The cohdudtand gallantry of both officers and
troops, in the hour of their utmoft diftrefs, were not improbably
a means-of facilitating the permanent peace with the Mah-
ratta powers, and particularly with Madajee Scindia, which
immediately followed. 1
Soon after the departure - of the genlcmen with the Governor
General, about the end o f January , Mr. Cleveland proposed
to me to accompany him through a part of the diftridt
into the hills, to which I readily acceded; and early in February
we ftt out on a tour through a part of the country called
the Jungle Terry, to the weftward of Bauglepoor. This
interior part of the country confifts of much wood, intermixed
with cultivated ground, and many villages, chiefly inhabited
byhyftandmen. Among, otjprs^ I -could not but notice
(he village .of Barkope,. adjacent to- which, are many Jiills, rL
fing almoft to the confequenpe j©f mountains, and every pne
of them is -infulated ;by)the plain.co^ytry,.; ,T^e appearance
jqf lthi| part o f theeounfiyis very; lingular,,, hayingirim,nienft
piaffes of ftone piled one -0^ another j from the jnterflices of
which grew very large timber trees, in fome’places overfh,a-
dowing the whole of the rocks : >the,trees are.p.f various kipds,.
In many of'theft rocks I found theteek, a timber,Eemarkable
|h r its hardnefs and fize j jayd ;thjs;^cgm.pani@d. with, the
mango, no lefs remarkably for d|8,Jgfmefs,J.and which pror
duces the fine fruit o f that name.: I j The tamarind. °fher
trees are alfo .produced here. On fome,of(he; highei|^pf' tjie^
hills I .ohftrved durgaws," or burial places,1' with little chapels
annexed, belonging to the Miiffulrpansi
In the courfe ,of gur. journey, Cleveland received an
invitation from fome principal hill chiefs, to the ceremony of
an annual fterifiee-, which jhe accepted, j and after the bufinefs
Was executed which brought him into this part of his diftricl,
we proceeded to the village on the mountain where the- ceremony
was to take place. The people from whom Mr. Cleveland
had received the invitation,refide in a range of hills which
lie to the fouth arid to the weftward of Bauglepoor, extending
fouth to the back of Rajemahel. It has been conjectured by
fome' (how well founded I know not] that this people ate,the
aboriginal natives of the countiy. They have, manners cer*