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taken botanical excurfions ; for the attacks of 

 the Marattoes and other nations were to be 

 feared even before the gates of Suratte. What 

 I was able to fnatch up there in other places, 

 (as the dog does the water of the Nile) is un- 

 doubtedly by this time in your hands. 



The magnificent tombs in the country 

 built with domes (which manner of architec- 

 ture the Mahometans greatly affecl) did not 

 feem fo extraordinary, when one recolle&s 

 that pride fubfifts even beyond this life. Some 

 exceeding deep wells, which were dug at a 

 great expence, and with a great deal of la- 

 bour, and had very good walls about them, 

 deferved much more to bear the name of 

 thofe who had thus fupplied the inhabitants 

 with fo neceffary an elemer. t. The water was 

 drawn out of them by a rope and wheel, 

 worked by means of two oxen; being then 

 poured into leathern bags, it is brought to 

 town on buffaloes and fold there. 



The foil is none of the beft. The earth 

 proper for vegetation compofes but a thin 

 itratum: below is very good potters clay, 

 vhich is of good ufe to the inhabitants, who, 



like 



