. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . two branches,encircling and isolating the rock, on whose northern face theyreunite, and form another fine fall [715]. A tree is laid across the chasm, by the aid of which the adven-turous may attain the summit of the rock, which is quite flat,and is called the table of the Thakur of Bhainsror, who often,in the summer, holds his got or feast there, and a fitter spot for THE WHIRLPOOLS OF THE CHAMBAL 1765 such an entertainment can scarcely be imagined. Here, soothedby the murmur of foaming waters, the eye
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . two branches,encircling and isolating the rock, on whose northern face theyreunite, and form another fine fall [715]. A tree is laid across the chasm, by the aid of which the adven-turous may attain the summit of the rock, which is quite flat,and is called the table of the Thakur of Bhainsror, who often,in the summer, holds his got or feast there, and a fitter spot for THE WHIRLPOOLS OF THE CHAMBAL 1765 such an entertainment can scarcely be imagined. Here, soothedby the murmur of foaming waters, the eye dwelling on a varietyof picturesque objects, seen through the prismatic hues of thespray-clouds, the baron of Bhainsror and his httle court maysip their amrit, fancjdng it, all the while, taken from the churningof the little ocean beneath them. On issuing from the Chulis, the river continues its coursethrough its rocky bed, which gradually diminishes to aboutfifteen feet, and with greatly increased velocity, until, meetinga softer soil, under Bhainsror, it would float a man-of-war. The. Bridge. Rapid. (Iilll\Whirpools of the Chambal. distance from the lake first described to this rock is about a mile,and the difference of elevation, under two hundred feet ; themain cascade being about sixty feet fall. It is a curious fact that,after a course of three hundred miles, the bed of a mighty riverlike this should be no more than about three yards broad. Thewhirlpools are huge perpendicular caverns, thirty and forty feetin depth, between some of which there is a communication under-ground ; the orbicular stones, termed roris, are often forced upin the agitation of these natural cauldrons ; one of them repre-sents the object of worship at Bal-rori. For many miles downthe stream, towards Kotah, the rock is everywhere pierced byincipient Chulis, or whirlpools, which, according to their size andforce, are always filled with these rounded stones. From hence the Chambal pursues its course th
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