"Yet as late as the eighties
Kathiawar was a happy hun-
ting ground for wild adven-
turous spirits, and a paradise
for young officials. The last
of the great outlaws were
still atlarge ; romance, the
lingering spirit of Rajput
chivalry brooded over the
land. Waste and desolate
plains, ranges of stony hills,
jungles, dotted everywhere
with oases of rich cultivation,
and innumerable forts, durbars,
palaces; the Kathiawar of
those days was full of gla-
mour and charm, and threw
lts own spell over all those who
came within ita lnfluence-"
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