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THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL.
blessed in the stream of the second river of Paradise ;
and it is credibly reported among the Faithful, that
its supernatural qualities continued unimpaired,
until affected by the religious degeneracy of the in-
habitants. Alas ! who can behold unmoved the utter
prostration of its present people ? Alas ! Alas !
those broad waters, though still white to the eye,
retain no property more lacteous than may be sup-
posed to result from the solution of the two sacks of
lime. Yet, is it to be expected that an atom of
humanity can exalt itself to the stirrup-tassels of
the sun, or a moth fly over the battlements of the
heavens ?
It will probably add not a little to the reader's
interest in this legend, that all the localities alluded
to are to be recognised in the accompanying views
of the place.
It was to this fortress that Ram Raja of Bija-
nuffffur fled for refuge from the combined forces of
Do CJ
the Mohummedan sovereigns of the Dckkan, after
the total rout of his army on the plains of Talicotta.
Here he collected the few remnants of his troops,
the mere wreck of his once gallant bands; and, setting
out for Bijanuggur, endured a painful and harassing
march, only to find his capital plundered and de-
serted. The grief of Ram Raja on meeting with
this new calamity was so excessive, that, although in
THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL.
blessed in the stream of the second river of Paradise ;
and it is credibly reported among the Faithful, that
its supernatural qualities continued unimpaired,
until affected by the religious degeneracy of the in-
habitants. Alas ! who can behold unmoved the utter
prostration of its present people ? Alas ! Alas !
those broad waters, though still white to the eye,
retain no property more lacteous than may be sup-
posed to result from the solution of the two sacks of
lime. Yet, is it to be expected that an atom of
humanity can exalt itself to the stirrup-tassels of
the sun, or a moth fly over the battlements of the
heavens ?
It will probably add not a little to the reader's
interest in this legend, that all the localities alluded
to are to be recognised in the accompanying views
of the place.
It was to this fortress that Ram Raja of Bija-
nuffffur fled for refuge from the combined forces of
Do CJ
the Mohummedan sovereigns of the Dckkan, after
the total rout of his army on the plains of Talicotta.
Here he collected the few remnants of his troops,
the mere wreck of his once gallant bands; and, setting
out for Bijanuggur, endured a painful and harassing
march, only to find his capital plundered and de-
serted. The grief of Ram Raja on meeting with
this new calamity was so excessive, that, although in