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So EASTERNHINDOOSTAN.
vülorious againft every well-planned baftion, andevery defenee
the genius of Tippoo could invent for the prefervation of em-
pire, fubjects, and the endearing connections of parental love.
Would my pen could rife to defcription adequate to the fubli-
mity of the various fubject.
In juft defpair of attaining thefe heights, I return to my
peaceful pen. I attempt the origin of the humbled city, fome
farther traits, and the defcription in its m oft fplendid ftate. It
is faid to have belonged to a pious Polygar Rajab, who, taking
a pilgrimage to Ramifferam, entrufted the care to his neighbor,
the prince of Myfore, who, on the good man's return, refufed
to give up the traft, and it continued in his race during three
centuries *. Through indolence, the Rajabs latterly appointed
a Vifier, who fnftained for them the cares of government, and
the office became hereditary. In 1747, the Vifier of the time
depofed his mafier, appointed in his place an infant of the royal
family, and aflumed the reins of government: he paid all re-
fpecT: to the nominal Rajab, who was venerated by his fub-
je&s, as is the prefent. They are kept in great ftate, and ihewn
once or twice a year to the people.
Ayder An, Ayder is firft mentioned in a<5tive life appearing in the year
some cc ij$o, at the age of twenty-two, at the head of a fmall body of
forces in the army of Nazir-jing, and was in the battle in
which that great Soubab was aflaflinated. He is faid to have
learned the rudiments of war among the Frencb troops, whom
he looked upon as the firft of men. He ferved long with them,
* Mr. Home.
and
vülorious againft every well-planned baftion, andevery defenee
the genius of Tippoo could invent for the prefervation of em-
pire, fubjects, and the endearing connections of parental love.
Would my pen could rife to defcription adequate to the fubli-
mity of the various fubject.
In juft defpair of attaining thefe heights, I return to my
peaceful pen. I attempt the origin of the humbled city, fome
farther traits, and the defcription in its m oft fplendid ftate. It
is faid to have belonged to a pious Polygar Rajab, who, taking
a pilgrimage to Ramifferam, entrufted the care to his neighbor,
the prince of Myfore, who, on the good man's return, refufed
to give up the traft, and it continued in his race during three
centuries *. Through indolence, the Rajabs latterly appointed
a Vifier, who fnftained for them the cares of government, and
the office became hereditary. In 1747, the Vifier of the time
depofed his mafier, appointed in his place an infant of the royal
family, and aflumed the reins of government: he paid all re-
fpecT: to the nominal Rajab, who was venerated by his fub-
je&s, as is the prefent. They are kept in great ftate, and ihewn
once or twice a year to the people.
Ayder An, Ayder is firft mentioned in a<5tive life appearing in the year
some cc ij$o, at the age of twenty-two, at the head of a fmall body of
forces in the army of Nazir-jing, and was in the battle in
which that great Soubab was aflaflinated. He is faid to have
learned the rudiments of war among the Frencb troops, whom
he looked upon as the firft of men. He ferved long with them,
* Mr. Home.
and