refort of the beast called the mertrick, the fkins whereof are coftly furrings. In Roffe, there be great mountaines of marble and alabaster. In the fouth of Scotland, specially in the countries adiacent to England, there is a dog of maruellous nature, called the futh-hound; because when as he is certified by wordes of arte, Spoken by his mafter, what goods are ftolne, whether horfe, theepe, or neat: immediatly, he addreffeth him futhly to the fent, and followeth with great impetuofitie, through all kind of ground and water, by as many ambages as the theeues have vfed, till he attaine to their place of refidence: By the benefit of the which dogge, the goods are recouered. But now of late, he is called by a new popular name, the Slouth-hound: Becaufe, when as the people do lue in flouth and idleneffe, and neither by themfelues, or by the office of a good herd, or by the Atrength of a good houfe, they doe preferue their goods from the incur fion of theeues and robbers then have they recourfe to the dogge, for repa ration of their flouth. when they are at warres, or at hunting for thefe feathers onely doe neuer receiue raine, or water, as others doe, but remaine alwaies of a durable eftate, and vncorruptible. In all the moore-land, and moffe land of Scotland, doth resort the blacke cooke, a fowle of a marueilous beautie, and matueilous bountie: for be is more delectable to eats, than capon, and of a greater quantitie, cled with three forts of flesh, of diuers colours, and diuers taftes, but all dele&table to the vfe and nouriture of man. In the two riuers of Deé and Done, besides And generally, by the prouidence of Almightie God, when dearth and fcarcitie of victuals doe abound in the land, then the fishes are most plentifully taken for fupport of the people. In the Weft, and North-weft of Scotland, there is great repairing of a fowle, called the Erne, of a maruelJous nature, and the people are very curious and folift to catch him, whom thereafter they punze of his wings, that he thall not be able quantitie & and... doch be able to fie againe. This fowle is of a salthough he be of a rauenous nature, dike to the kind of haulks, and be of that fame qualitie, gluttonous; neuer theleffe, the people doe give him fuch dfort of meate, as they thinke conuenient, and fuch a great quantitie at a etime, that he liues contented with that portion, for the fpace of fourteene, fixteene, or twentie daies, and fome of them for the space of a moneth. The people that doe fo feed him, doe vfe him for this intent: That they may, be furnished with the feathers of his wings, when hee doth caft them, for the garnishing of their arrowes, either odIn Galloway, the Loch, called Loch-myrton, although it be common to all fresh water to freeze in winter, yet the one halfe of this Loch freeze at any time. In the fire of Innernes, the Loch, called Loch-nes, and the riuer flowing from thence into the fea, doth neuer freeze: But by the contrary, in the coldest daies of winter, the Loch and river are both feene to fmoake and reeke, fignifying voto vs, that there is a myne of brimfione vader it, of a hot qualitie. Wolters albi In Carrick, are kyne, and oxen, delicious to eate but their fatnes is of a wonderfull temperature: that although the fatnes of all other comeftable beafts, for the ordinarie vfe of man, doe congeale with the cold aire: by by the contrarie, the fatneffe of thefe beafts is perpetually liquid like oile. of good graffe, and replenished with neat; yet it mooues by the waues of the water, and is tranfported fometimes towards one point, and otherwhiles toward another. In Argyle, is a stone found in di The wood and parke of Commernauld, is replenished with kyne and oxen; and thofe at all times to this day, haue beene wilde, and all of them of fuch a perfect wonderfull whiteuers parts, the which laid under straw neffe, that there was never among all or ftubble, doth confume them to fire, the huge number there, fo much as by the great heat that it collects there. the smallest blacke fpot found to be vpon one of their skinnes, horne, or clooue. In the parke of Halyrud-houfe, are foxes, and hares, of a wonderful whiteneffe, in great number. La Coyle, now called Kyle, is a rock, of the height of twelue foot, and as much of bredth, called the deaf craig, for although a man should crie neuer fo loud, to his fellow, from the one fide to the other, he is not heard, although he would make the noife of a gunne. In the countrey of Stratherne, a little aboue the old towne of the Pights, called Abirnethie, there is a maruellous rocke, called the rockeand ftone, of a reafonable bignes, that if a man will pufh it with the leaft motion of his finger, it wil mooue ve rie lightly, but if he fhall addreffe his whole force, he profites nothing which nooues many people to be wonderfull merry, when they confider fuch contratie ie. In Lennox, is a great Loch, called Loch-lowmond, being of length 24. miles, in bredth eight miles, contain ing the number of thirtie In Buquhan, at the caftle of Slains is a caue, from the top whereof diaftilles water, which within short time doth congeale to hard ftones, white in colour. In this countrey are no rottons feene at any time, although the land be wonderful fertill. In Lothien, within two miles of Edinburgh, fouth-ward, is a wel fpring, called, Saint Katherins well, which flows perpetually with a kind of blacke fatneffe, aboue the water: whereof Diofcorides makes mention. This fatnes is called Bitumen aquis fupernatans. It is thought to proceed of a fat myne of coale, which is frequent in all Lothien, and fpecially of a fort of coale, called vulgarly the parret coale: For as foone as it is laid in the fire, it is fo fat and gummy, that it renders an exceeding great light, dropping, frying, hifsing, and making a great noife, with fhedding and dividing it felfe in the fire, and of that marueilous nature, that as foone as it is laid in a quicke fire, immediately it conceives a great flame, which is not common to any other fort of coale. This fatnes, is of a Loche are obferuedes, In this marueilous vertue That as the coale, woonder full things: One is, fifhes very delectable to eate, that haue no fynnes to moove themfelues withall, as other fishes doe. The fecond, tempeftuous waues and furges of the water, perpe. tually raging without windes, and that in time of greatest calmes, in the faire pleafant time of fummer, when the aire is quiet. The third is, one of these Ilés, that is not corroborate nor united to the ground, but hath beene perpe. tually loofe: and although it be fertill 1 D con whereof it proceeds, is fudden At Abirdene is a well, of marueilous good qualitie to diffolue the ftone, to expell fand from the reines and bladder, and good for the collicke, being drunke in the Moneth of Iuly, and a few daies of Auguft, little in feriour in vertue to the renowned water of the Spaw in Almanie. In the North Seas of Scotland are great clogges of timber found, in the which, are marusiloufly ingendred a fort of Geefe, called Clayk geefe, and do hang by the beake, til they be of perfection; ofttimes found, and kept in admiration for their rare forme of generation. At Dumbartan, directly vnder the, Caftle, at the mouth of the riuer of Clyde, as it enters into the fea, there are a number of Claik geese, black of colour, which in the night time do gather great quantitie of the crops of the graffe, growing vpon the land, and carry the fame to the fea. Then they affemble in a round, and with a wondrous curiofitie, do offer euery one his owne portion to the Sea floud, and there attend vpon the flowing of the tide, till the graffe be purified from the fresh tafte and turned to the falt and left any part thereof should escape, they labour to hold it in with the labour of their nebbes. Thereafter orderly cuery fowle eates his portion. And this cuftome they ob ferue perpetually. They are verie fatte, and verie delicious to bee eaten. Account of the Revolution at Delhi, the Capital of the Mogul Empire; prite ten by an English Gentleman, refident there. HOLAM KAHDUR, author told the King, on this, that he had Gof the Revolutions was the for nothing to fear: for that he had རྩྭ་ 2 of Zabda Khan. His father difinherited him, and drove him from his prefence, on account of his vices and his crimes. Shaw Allum, the King of Delhi, took him under his protec tion, treated him as his own fon, and conferred on him the first title in the kingdom, Amere ul Omraow. He lived with the King, and raifed a body of about 8000 troops of his own countrymen, the Moghuls, which he commanded. Gholam Khadur was of a very paffionate temper, haughty, cruel, ungrateful, and a great debauchée, as will appear.In the latter end of the year 1788, the King had formed fufpicions, and they were founded, that fome of the neighbour ing Rajahs (Princes) would make an attempt to plunder and deftroy his territories. These fufpicions were ve rified by the approach of a confiderable army towards his capital, commanded by Ifmael Beg Khan, and af. fifted by Scindia. Gholam Khadur This, an army fufficiently ftrong to oppose the enemy; that all the King had to do was to march out with his troops, give them a fupply of cash, and he would lay his head on the enemy's being overcome. The King on this replied, that he had no money to car ry on a conteft. Gholam Khadur faid, that this objection would foon be obviated, as he (Gholam Khadur). would advance the neceffary fupply of cash, and that all his Majesty had to do was to head the army: faid he, will animate them, and give them confidence-the prefence of a Monarch is above half the battle." The King agreed, in appearance, and requested Gholam Khadur to af femble the army, pay their arrears, and inform them of his intentions. Gholam Khadur retired contented: but great was his aftonishment, when he intercepted, the next day, a letter from the King to Scindia, defiring him to make as much hafte as :poffible, 1 poffible, and deftroy Gholam Khadur; for, fays he, Khadur wishes me to act contrary to my wishes, and oppofe you. On the difcovery of this piece of treach ery, Gholam Khadur marched out with his Moghuls, croffed the Jumna, and encamped on the other fide oppo. fite the fort of Delhi. He fent to the King the intercepted letter, and afked him, if his conduct did not deferve to be punished by the lofs of his Throne Shortly I fhall beftow on you the due rewards for your villainy.' The English had about 2000 troops at Anoupfhahur, a town about 70 miles from Delhi, the refidence of the King. Gholam Khadur naturally expected, that if he attempted any thing against the King, our troops would move to his affiftance, as we were his allies; and the King, on the hoftile appearance of Gholam Khadur, had written to Lord Cornwallis to beg affiftance. Awed, in a great degree, by thefe fufpicions, he kept aloof for fome time, and had fpies in our camp to inform him if they had any intentions of moving to the fuccour of the King. The fpies informed him, that from the appearance of things, and from what they could learn, they believed the troops had not the fmalleft thoughts of marching. Gholam Khadur, ftill doubting their intelligence, began to fire powder only at the citadel, from across the river, in order to ascertain with certainty whether the English would affift the King. After a few days firing, he perceived that the troops had really no thoughts of moving, as Lord Cornwallis, with his ufual good fenfe and humanity, had informed the King, and the Nawab Vazeer (the latter having likewife requested help for the Monarch), that he could not poffibly give affiftance. Khadur, thus rid of his fears, began to befiege the fort in earnest, and carried it in a few days. He entered the palace in arms, flew to the King's chamber, infulted the old man in the most barbarous manner, knocked him down, kneeled down on his break, and with his knife took out one of his eyes. He ordered t fervant of the King's to take out the other; the man refused, saying, that he could not poffibly think of hurting the perfon by whom he had been fed and cloathed; on his refufal, Gholam Khadur ordered the faithful fervant's head to be ftruck off: the order was inftantly obeyed. He ordered another to perform the horrid operation : that fellow, affrighted by the fate of his predeceffor, and fear for his life, did as he was bid. Thus a poor old man of feventy! a Monarch whofe infirmities were the refult of old age, fell beneath the hand of a Nero! And why? And why? Because the English Government did not attempt to fave him, and maintain their character for humanity by affifting the helplefs and unfortunate. If the troops at Anoupshahur had only put on the appearance of moving to the King's affiftance, it would have faved his eyes, his person from infult, his kingdom, and even the perfons of his daughters and wives from the luft and barbarity of a brute, an ungrateful brute, and his horrid gang!What must be the feelings of a generous mind to hear of fuch acts of cruelty! Gholam Khadur after this gave up the palace to pillage, and went to the King's Zannana (the refidence of his women) and infulted the ladies; tore their jewels from their nofes and ears, and off their arms and legs. As he had lived with the King, he was well acquainted with the different place's where the King's treafures were, hid: he dug up the floor of the King's own bed-room, and found there two cheats, containing in fpecie 120,000 gold mohurs, or 192,000l. Sterling; this he took, and vaft fums more. To get at the hidden jewels of the women, he practifed one of the deepeft fchemes of villainy that ever was thought of. He ordered, the third day after thefe horrid cruel ties, that all the King's ladies and daughters fhould come and pay their refpects to him, and promifed to fee thofe thofe free who could please him by their appearance and drefs. The innocen, unthinking women, brought out their jewels, and adorned themfelves in their rich ft a tires to please this favage. Gholam Khadur order-› ed them to be conveyed into a hall, where he had prepared comton dref fes for them; these dreffes he made the women put on, by the affiftance of Eunuchs, and took poffeflion of their rich dreffes and jewels, and fent them home to the pal ce, to lament their lofs, and curfe his treachery. Gholam Khadur did not even top here, but infulted the Princes, by making them dance and fing, and for their compliance rewarded them with a few ftrokes with his flipper. The Muffulmen hold dancing and finging in a high degree of contempt, much more fo than the ancient Romans : they confider a dancer or finger as the dregs of fociety. Then what muft have been the feelings of thefe Princes what muft they have fuffered, to fee themselves infulted and mais treated by a man whofe life their father had fave? Is it poffible that shu man beings can be fo wickede The most beautiful of the King's daugh ters, Mobaruck ul Moulk, was brought to this tyrant to o gratify his luft. Like a fecond Sextus, he wished to footh her into a compliance to his with: it failed the refilled, and fwore the would refift to the last drop of her blood. He a tempted to practise force; the; pushed to despair, like a Lucretia, drew out a hidden knife, and ftabbed herself. Here was virtue in the fuperlative degre”more than man in the fhape of a woman! Oh, that he had firft planged it in the bofom of the brute ! Scindia foon after this came to the affiftance of the King, rather to make him his prey.Gholam Khadur fled, and took refuge in the fort of Agra, a large city about 150 miles from Delhi. Scindia's troops befi ged him there. Perceiving at laft that he must Rr. VOL. XIV, No. 82. be taken if he continued in the forts" he took the advantage of a dark night, stuff.d his faridle with a large flock of precious" ftones, took a few fol lowers, and fled from the fort towards Perfia Unluckily for him, he tell off his horfes the second night after his flight; by this means a party f horse, which had been fent in purfuit of him, came up with him, and took him prifoner: bis house and the pre-cious faddle have not been heard of Gholam. Khadur was brought to Sein-1 dia, who, after exposing him for f me time in irons, and one time in a cage, ifhdd him in the manner he deferved his ears, his nofe, his ha dṣ and his fet wore cut off, and his eyes taken out, and he was al llowed to xpire inn hato ftare very proper res ward for his eru by and villeiny! The King has now nothing but a name: cingia, under pretence of guarding, has taken his kingdom from him, and allows him 250 rupes, or 251. per day, and 200 fervants. Thesis he dwindled! I arrived at Dohi about a month after this ara, ic fcene! Tragic it is of the firft magni tude. The night the Greeks fit Troy in flames could not have been more dreadful to behold-not even the fcenes of horror and bloodthed which ensued when Rome was given up to the cruelty of Sylla and his gang! While I have been, here I have made it my principal object to get every in formation could, and fuch as was to be relied on, and received the bovi account from men who were fpectators of most of the acts, and were obliged to ftand neuter. The Nawab of Luck now's Ambaffidor, Loufalli Khan, has been my chief fource: he is a very intelligent man, an Abyffinian by birth, and was an eye-witness to moft of the trauf.ctions, although he had orders not to interfere, because the English Government would not. Suge S it could not have coft Lord Cornwills much to have given him fome help. If the troops had only put on the |