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GUJARÁT AND THE GUJARÁTIS.


BROACH.

We left Surat on the 16th March, my friend Rasul and I, and arrived at Broach after two hours' journey by the B. B. Railway. Close to the station we found the Rustomji Jamsetji Dharamsálá,[1] and here we put down ourselves and our baggage.

Rustomji Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy.

Poor Mr. Rustomji! His princely progress through Gujarat is still remembered by the people, who fervently bless his name for numerous quiet charities. In spontaneous and hearty good-will towards man, he was no way inferior to his sire.[2] Talk as one will of his "blindly

  1. A resting-place, literally "a house of charity."
  2. Sir Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, first baronet, the world renowned philanthropist.