THE GHAUTS.
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recognized, was conveyed in a palenkeen to the palace.
It was warm when first discovered; the eyes were open,
the features not distorted, and Major Allen and Co-
lonel Wellesley were for a few moments doubtful whe-
ther it was not alive. It had four wounds, three in
the trunk and one in the temple, the ball of which;
having entered a little above the right ear, had lodged
in the cheek. His dress consisted of a jacket of fine
white linen, loose drawers of flowered chintz, the usual
girdle of the east, crimson-coloured, tied round his waist,
and a handsome pouch, with a belt of silk, red and
green, hung across his shoulder. He had an amulet
on his arm ; but his ornaments, if he wore any, were
gone." *
Upon quitting the neighbourhood of the once flou-
rishing capital of Mysore, we bent our course towards
the coast of Malabar, where we concluded we should
find some vessel about to sail up the Persian Gulf, in
which we might procure a passage to Mascat, whither
we were very anxious to proceed. On our way to-
wards the Ghauts that separate Malabar from the
upland country, we were delighted with the abrupt
massy grandeur and extreme diversity of the scenery.
A new prospect was presented at every point, or
rather the aspect of the country seemed so altered
by change of position within the intervals of a few
hundred yards, that it had all the appearance of ex-
hibiting a different view, unless where some remark-
able object existed to show its identity. Upon our
approach to a small town, my attention was arrest-
ed by the beauty of a large tank, surrounded with
* Vide Mills ad loc.
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recognized, was conveyed in a palenkeen to the palace.
It was warm when first discovered; the eyes were open,
the features not distorted, and Major Allen and Co-
lonel Wellesley were for a few moments doubtful whe-
ther it was not alive. It had four wounds, three in
the trunk and one in the temple, the ball of which;
having entered a little above the right ear, had lodged
in the cheek. His dress consisted of a jacket of fine
white linen, loose drawers of flowered chintz, the usual
girdle of the east, crimson-coloured, tied round his waist,
and a handsome pouch, with a belt of silk, red and
green, hung across his shoulder. He had an amulet
on his arm ; but his ornaments, if he wore any, were
gone." *
Upon quitting the neighbourhood of the once flou-
rishing capital of Mysore, we bent our course towards
the coast of Malabar, where we concluded we should
find some vessel about to sail up the Persian Gulf, in
which we might procure a passage to Mascat, whither
we were very anxious to proceed. On our way to-
wards the Ghauts that separate Malabar from the
upland country, we were delighted with the abrupt
massy grandeur and extreme diversity of the scenery.
A new prospect was presented at every point, or
rather the aspect of the country seemed so altered
by change of position within the intervals of a few
hundred yards, that it had all the appearance of ex-
hibiting a different view, unless where some remark-
able object existed to show its identity. Upon our
approach to a small town, my attention was arrest-
ed by the beauty of a large tank, surrounded with
* Vide Mills ad loc.