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 went mad, and incessantly cried out that Feroze was cutting off his head.

This detestable Alla seized the throne of Delhi, and reigned under the title of Alla the First. He proposed, like Alexander the Great, to undertake the conquest of the world. In consequence of this project, he assumed the title of Sekunder al Sānī (Alexander the Second), which was struck upon the currency of the empire. The silver coins represented in the sketch (Fig. 6.) which I procured at Fathīpoor, were found in a field five miles from Kurrah; they were inscribed 1313, Sekunder al Sānī. Never was there such a wretch as this Alla the First. He died 1316. I consider the coins as great a curiosity as the gentleman considers one of Thurtell's ears, which he has preserved in spirits!

16th.—Anchored at Maigong in rather a picturesque spot, close to a satī mound. By the side of the mound I saw the trunk of a female figure beautifully carved in stone. The head, arms, and part of the legs had been broken off. They said it was the figure of a satī. At the back of the mound was a very ancient banyan-tree; and the green hills and trees around were in all the freshness and luxuriance of the rainy season.

The next morning, to my surprise, on going into the large cabin to breakfast, there was the figure of the headless satī covered with flowers, and at the spot where feet were not, offerings of gram, boiled rice, &c., had been placed by some of the Hindoo dāndees. "How came you possessed of the satī?" said I. "The mem sāhiba admired her, she is here." "Chorī-ke-mal nā'īch hazm hota," "Stolen food never digests," i.e., "Ill deeds never prosper, the poor people will grieve for the figure; tell the sarang to lower sail and return her to them." "What words are these?" replied the sarang, "we are miles from the spot; the satī has raised the wind." The headless lady remained on board.

As we passed the residence of Rājā Budannath Singh, he came out with his family on three elephants to pay his respects, thinking my husband was on board. The ladies were peeping