The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-05-04
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Extract from N G. ~ SRMTElR'

IN fhndosfdn, IA lSO4-5.
am soon to commence my journo
the almost inaccessible mountains Of >ll
hratta Emphc. Had come better PR Y
for the purposes of travelling, should
abled to support those depriyationat I'M
to excursions in the regions Of In31
more ease and less omplaint-8u&o NJ y
In Asia, and among Asia,ics, sht| 4l
myself IKE them, my customs and n3f nc
shall be fheirS---I will admire their cur
will seek out their antiquities,
verse with the history of their fore
and enquire from whence they spranSI Y
what ages they became great, and svh1
terminated their glory and their splHi(2 q.
will make myself acquainted With M
and religious governments OF this;eir
Kingdom. III,
will learn how man has l,ecinuine
and wha, revolutions have rcs.t snf;res
events have given lusirc to th,ravc sol.
the cnormities which have sui into onr
acts will compare with the acts, .love of
pean and their characters l willff
as travel through thci, land. t~~Ne
These ideas suggested thcmsclvee 10 IN
as began to ascend the lofty and mngulilt &
Gauts---a chain'cf mountains which divide N
eastern from the western regions OF IhdieS.
Fortified with these detcrminatioba, 'ot<
encouraged BY 'hcsc grateful prospectst pu{|
sued my tedious lourney for the interior 16l
the Mabra,ta country. The FIRST scene wIilclI
arrested my attention, was the remains Gin
coverable on p,aiR, before you attain thx
bottom OF the mountains--it was sultry to ex1
cess; which ptoved almost fatal to three a.
the Europeans who were destined for the ar
my with my scif--,hey soon tagged under IN
heat and toll and t6is accident offered M
an opportunity Of contemplating on the mani
ruins which lay scattered over tho plain i hG
dilap,datcd walls Of houses--Apillars andtombd
in ruin, soon excited my curiosity aud unA
fortunately for me was Obliged 10 resort 70
my own ingenuity in aH almost inex plicablo
mixture OF objcc,s.--Of the ruins ley sea,tcr'
cd around me, fancicd in one place lay en-.
,ombed the ashes of Hero, in another the
simple dust OF u Peasant, aud in another
:" a soul once pregnant rpih celestial fire,
Hands thai the Rod Of Empire might hare ruird
IS Or ,oake 10 ertacy The Gting gre
/" Recovering from these flights of fancy,
found myself engaged in the humble duties
oil the weary anc sick--I, with difficulty, at.
tained position near the bottom Of the Gauts
where pitched my tent for the night, ,,cndeay.
oring TO mitigate the suffering, Of my com
panions rs far as in my power. --For myseI
possessing constitution very strong, car
support the inclemency Of the lrigid, and The
heat OF the torred zone THE heat was &c
intense that the dysentcry Immediately sue.
ceeded to those pains in tie head, which de.
note approaching illness.--I, was with grca,
difficulty we procured water, which in thi:
country Is always nauseous and unpalitable---
bad brought some with me from panwcll ir
a leather Dag, called in this country mussoc
part Of the baggage Of every traveller. In
Hindostan the inhabitants provide thcmselyc,
with water, as they do in Arabia and l.
gypt, by forming ranks in reservoirs for tn,
reception of the rain-wa,cr in ihc rainy sea
son.-In the vicinity Of rivers they supply
tbemselve, from tha, fountain. July lolh
1904, on the morning early we commenced
our Journey up the moun,ain---thc sun socr
discovered itself, and with anxiety ard pain
saw my comrades languid and fain,--thei
resolution gone, and but little to nourish o,
encourage them. The assent OF a grea, par
OF the mountain is 50 steep that VIC arc oblig
cd 20 walk. Psccipiccs, mountains and the
Indian Ocean on our rear, formed a Crane
picture for the Imagination Of the traveller
settled into thought. and inyolun;arily cx.
claimed TO myself, where am going {.
syhat harfiose fcnd---a melancholy cnsucd, 8
melancholy which no one coold relieve me
from, because no one could share H."