Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.t1.402

v3.c43.t1.402

Garot, December 7; distance, thirteen miles; direction, S.S.E.—It was delightful to range over the expansive plains of Malwa, and not to be reminded at every step by the exclamation "thokar!" of the attendant, that there was some stony impediment ready to trip one up, the moment one's vision was raised above the earth. A singular contrast was presented between the moral aspect of these plains and of Haraoti. Here, though the seat of perpetual war, still visible in sterile fields, we [721] observe comfort displayed in the huts and in the persons of the peasantry ; there, amidst all the gifts of Annapurna, the miserable condition of the ryot provokes one to ask, “ Whence this difference ? ” The reason is elsewhere explained.