NARRATIVE
OF
A JOURNEY,
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CHAPTER XXV.
BABODA TO BOMBAY.
EnirmeeiiUo Baroda^Namdar Khdn — CantomnetU — Ckmrch — Charac- ter of /A« Gmcwar — Coniecratien of the Church — Vint to the Guic- war — Visit* from Natives — Quicwar returns the Visit — Departure frwnBaroda — Crossing the Mhye — Kholees — Swaame Narain — Hoi Jf^mds — Interview with Swaame Narain — Arrival at Kairah — Insa^ hhrity of Climate — Jain Temple — Departure from Kairah — Difficulty im crossing the Mhye — Broach — Banyan-tree in an Island on the Ner^ budda — Smrat-^Embarkatum — Arrival at Bombay,
March 19, — From Jerrdda to Baroda is thirteen miles over a bare and open country, the roads much cut up. Expecting to meet *' great men" we made our march in regular order, the nagari beating and Maharatta standard flying before us, followed by my chobdars and a chobdar of the re- sident's, who gave the word for marching in a sort of shrill cry, ** Chiilo Maharatta T Forward Ma- harattas! The vakeels and the dewan followed VOL. III.
