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Those persons who have traversed the Doaab, or the neighbouring district of Bundelkhund, or who have navigated the Jumna which separates these provinces of Upper India, will acknowledge the fidelity of the foregoing description, fortresses in the last stage of decay being as plentiful as the ruined villages of which we read in the Persian tale. Amid the almost numberless incursions of the Moosaulmauns from the adjacent countries into Hindostan, many very gallant exploits remain untold, and others have obtained so slight a record, that we are left to guess at the extent of the invaders' conquests by the mouldering wrecks of temples and fortified places which are scattered over the face of the country.

The Upper Provinces of Hindostan are subjected to the annual visitation of hot winds, which, during the months of April, May, and June, blow incessantly throughout the