s.tall stronger by the aid of, art, which has been most ingeniously employed
As strike off' the.summit of the'hill, and t&de\?fef, an extensive
sgaeg^capablg of affording accommodation to a body of men, suflei-
ently'numerous for^he defence of this difficult pass, against all assault.
A rkng&of temporary sheds, thrown back to some distance from the
edge of the eminence, are'designed to shelter a garrison that may be
stationed tordefend it. A deep ravbie divides this From the opposite Kill,
which is steep, and has a narrow road formed on its side, not capable of
admitting the passage of two persons abreast. It winds'-in-a semicirr
cular form,.round-the jutting eminence immediately opposed to it,
which stands high above, and within reach of their compion' cirras; the
bow and arrow, for a great distance; till the road-is at length connected
with, and leads to, Buxadewar, by a Very steep ascent. JSiiefi
is the nature of this pass, which, however it may have been strengthened
and improved by art, does real honour to the judgment of those
who originally selected it as a post of defence.
• The village (for if deserves no better name) consists of ten or twelve
houses, invisible till the very moment of approach; it is placed upon
a second table of levelled rock, which has little soil upon it,, yet is
covered with verdure, in consequence, of its very sheltered situation,
Being surrounded on three sides by lofty mountains, and open only to
the south, which affords a narrow prospect of Bengal. . Buxadewar; as
it is termed by the people-in the low lands, derives' its name from a
Very whimsical circumstance. It was formerly a custom with the
Bootan horse-dealers, before they quitted this pass of the mountains,
and descended with their caravan, into the low lands, to cut off the
tadsliof‘thèjriTapgjih hoi^se^alnb^ oi^^StKeipêmp*, whifch, greatly ,
disfigured, their ajadt deprèeib.tekp|fiei,fj yaluB^When titer
EiJgili|l|^S>fièHéd ai h^ctlfytatioiiij a^l^nja^pbi'u (tin. mart (pfvBoo tan '
'domffidrcc'/,"disgusted af'diis * c nucf . f r c a ' f ïjterts t e,d r 111 em - ,
sch es\i ifcJu th^éolcfs tc^’dbjjifii. a disirmimuahct' of'tlrt 'tfiau.jce, ol-
feirng* budkihisk^thdt is a liber i[^ie\vard( ïl tln.y^ouf(ffpcimii'fhe
yjloor/animWsf|(f keep'tfimrMls 'TheVIfsrenul with evtiemc ririwil
, lingiiess to a proposal llidt^ïhfatecl ^•jFhslé 1
wliic h, nji^fever,‘ffiey ba<I r ^ hetre^pfminnt''‘tb acU ai^^ian tie
truly Asiafie-'plea, agairMyil sorts ofri n n 0 \ (Kt duHi
custom; Cut tuc l(J\u of ihorK.y,l)unji?superïoK^to the forte
öf prejudice, at the eMuing season, sdhie of ilk^oVsc/imule their“£b-
paB M Ia Klrlhe fair,'unmutrMted‘.V Theséi|^unÜ so qtiide a sale, and
gained so high a pricê^ that the.*same doders^ were induced thi following
year, fp'rêpë’aè the experiment, and with similJfWcoss*, They
who were anxious for»a‘ good mjiket, fopn'‘tóund iL tfkir 'intérest
to follow the example ; afid’ tMSf afderf^h’1 tbat^c^u^cufmm' \Va-s
totally abolished, which deprived a.noble animal of a member-no less
useful- than ornamental; and WÊÉsifecè that tifn&darfgdH nOT|re*
have been permitted to descend By this, p^.ss;?'witfebqf‘1 of
their tails. Hence it was stiled Buxa-dewir,' the bounteouP^M sTjnd
the commandant of the post, Buxa SóW^m/’Éüt btberwisêf,in, the-
Bootan language, it is named Passaka, and Passa Geatong. Thus -
I tal e my leave' oFbtymologies.^^'
Öür first care in tie! mbt'nihg HVah to difpatc^but-yam^eql^page
and palanquins- to Ruii^pore, ' obliged tö/,D'ecctfnet'i dependent