The 1st of March I departed for Agra along with the governor of Boorhanpoor and that day we travelled 12 c. to _Barre_, a great village, having passed by a very steep and stony road across the great ridge of mountains, [Callygong hills,] which come from Ahmedabad.[237] On this way, and about four coss from Boorhanpoor, we passed the strong and invincible castle of _Hasser_, seated on the top of a high mountain, and said to be large enough to contain forty or fifty thousand horse. On the top are many tanks and fine pasture grounds. In the time of its former sovereign, Badur Shah, it is said to have been defended by 600 pieces of cannon. Akbar besieged it for a long time, surrounding it on all sides, and at length took it by composition. For it is said there bred such innumerable quantities of small worms in the waters of the fort, that the people swelled and burst, by which mortality the king was forced to submit and surrender, the place being impregnable by any human force. The 3d we came to _Candah_, eleven c. a small aldea, the road being stony and very troublesome. The 4th to _Magergom_, four c. a large aldea, and by a very bad road. The 5th ten c. to _Kergom_, or Kargaw, a large village and a steep road. The 6th thirteen c. to _Bircool_, a small village. The 7th eight c. to _Taxapore_, or Tarrapoor, a small town, within two coss of which we passed a fine river called _Nervor_, [Nerbuddah,] which runs into the sea at Broach. On the bank of this river is a pretty town with a good castle, immediately under which is the ferry. About a coss lower down is an overfall where the water is not above three feet deep, but a mile in breadth, by which camels usually pass. The 8th five c. to _Mandow_, three coss of which the road goes up a steep mountain, having no more than breadth for a coach. [Footnote 237: This is an error of Finch. The Vindhaya mountains, which run from Guzerat eastwards, are on the north of the Nerbuddah river; whereas the mountain ridge in the text divides the valley of the Nerbuddah from that of the Taptee, and joins the western Gauts near Surat.--E.]