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PLAINS OF PANNIPUT.
CHAP. VII.
the news of Upper India, that one could hardly
have believed him to be a stranger.*
Dec. 20. 1831. — I have great reason to feel
delighted with my visit to Delhi, and with such
feelings I departed for Lodiana. There is nothing
ancient in the appearance of this capital : its
houses are modern, and of small dimensions ; its
streets are spacious, and give one an idea of late
improvements, though really the original design
of Shah Jehan. The abundant supply of water
makes it a convenient residence to its numerous po-
pulation ; and it is certainly the cleanest city which
I have seen in India. The surrounding country is
beautifully interspersed with the ruins of mosques
and caravanserais, which the stranger may visit with
facility by good roads, that alone point out the su-
premacy of an European nation.
Dec. 21. — I came on the plains of Panniput
early in the morning, and stopped to view its fields
of glory. Timour, Baber, and Ahmed Shah here
fought three great battles. The last, which over-
threw the Mahrattas commanded by the Bhow, is
* On my return to Bombay in February, 1833, the first news-
paper which was put in my hand contained the intelligence
of poor Jacquemont's death. He has left many friends in
India to deplore his loss. I do not think that the letters
which his family have rather hastily published, since his death,
do sufficient justice to his memory. Let us await the result of
his scientific researches—his papers and collections have reached
France in safety ; and the attainments of Jacquemont himself,
and the countries that he explored, give the strongest assurance
that we shall receive much new and valuable information.
PLAINS OF PANNIPUT.
CHAP. VII.
the news of Upper India, that one could hardly
have believed him to be a stranger.*
Dec. 20. 1831. — I have great reason to feel
delighted with my visit to Delhi, and with such
feelings I departed for Lodiana. There is nothing
ancient in the appearance of this capital : its
houses are modern, and of small dimensions ; its
streets are spacious, and give one an idea of late
improvements, though really the original design
of Shah Jehan. The abundant supply of water
makes it a convenient residence to its numerous po-
pulation ; and it is certainly the cleanest city which
I have seen in India. The surrounding country is
beautifully interspersed with the ruins of mosques
and caravanserais, which the stranger may visit with
facility by good roads, that alone point out the su-
premacy of an European nation.
Dec. 21. — I came on the plains of Panniput
early in the morning, and stopped to view its fields
of glory. Timour, Baber, and Ahmed Shah here
fought three great battles. The last, which over-
threw the Mahrattas commanded by the Bhow, is
* On my return to Bombay in February, 1833, the first news-
paper which was put in my hand contained the intelligence
of poor Jacquemont's death. He has left many friends in
India to deplore his loss. I do not think that the letters
which his family have rather hastily published, since his death,
do sufficient justice to his memory. Let us await the result of
his scientific researches—his papers and collections have reached
France in safety ; and the attainments of Jacquemont himself,
and the countries that he explored, give the strongest assurance
that we shall receive much new and valuable information.