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better than House and Land,” I was sur- 
prised to find the following expres- 
sions :—=* The spreading spray of each 
wave, as tossed from ils curling top by 
the wind, offering to the astonished sight 
a momentary exhibition of a perfect rain- 
bow, though of diminished size.” From 
this deseription, one would be induced 
f0 suppose that.every wave, on every side, 
within the whole compass of the horizon, 
presented a rainbow to the navigator’s 
view; which, however, I can hardly 
suppose to have been the writer's mean- 
ing, though his Words might very fairly 
bear that construction. But, as I ob- 
serve that Dr. Carey isa correspondent 
and reader of your Magazine, I beg leave 
to ask him, through its medium, whe- 
ther he means thiat he actually saw rain- 
bows in every direction around him, as 
his words would seem to imply, or whe- 
ther (as I rather suppose) it was mercly 
through oversight in the hurry of writing, 
or perhaps typographic omission, that the 
assemblage of rainbows is not express/y 
limited to a particular portion of the 
$ea. 
Sept. 10, 1808. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
NARRATIVE of a TOUR through BENGAL, 
BAHAR, and OUDE, oO AGRA, DELHI, 
and other eLaces in the INTERIOR of 
HINDuUSTAN, wndertuken in the YEARS, 
- 1794, 1795, 1796, und 1797. 
(Continued from p. 205.) 
N the 28th I arrived at Plassey, a 
small hunting-seat belonging to the 
former nabobs of Bengal, now in ruins, 
but celebrated by asplendid victory gain- 
ed near it by “ the heaven-born general” 
Clive over the numerous forces of Sura- 
jab Dowlch, which eventually establish- 
ed the sovereignty of the British over the 
rovinces. ‘The circumstances attend- 
ing this action are familiar to those con- 
versant with the affairs of India; but as 
maiy of my readers may not have had 
opportunities of being so well informed, 
a summary account will not perhaps be 
uninteresting, After the melancholy 
tragedy of the Black Flole in Calcutta, in 
the year 1756, the. sanguinary despot, 
Surajah Dowleh, returned to his capital 
ef Moorshedabad, amidst the adulatory 
exclamations of his courtiers, who, in the 
hyperbolical style of Orientalism, elevat- 
éd his fame far above Zenghis Khan, 
Yimoor, or Alexander. This operating 
upon a weak head and arrogant mind, 
Criro. 
Narrative of a recent Tour in India. 
[Nov. }, 
occasioned a total disregard to the advice 
of such of his friends as wished to put 
him on his guard against the future re- 
sentment of the English; and so great 
was his ignorance or folly, that be was 
often heard to declare, that the sufferers 
in the Black Hiole composed a majority of 
the chicts of Great Britain, and that the 
whole nation did not amount to ten 
thousand souls—But the approach of 
Clive awakened him from his error. That 
indefatigable and enterprising officer was 
pursuing his career of victory on the 
coast of Coromandel, when intelligence 
reached bim of the capture of Calcutta, 
and the inhumanity of the conquerors. 
Seeing, at a glance, the importance of the 
object, he immediately prepared to 
avenge the sufferings of his unfortunate 
countrymen, and embarked with a small 
corps of veterans on board of Admiral 
Watson’s squadron for Bengal, where he 
arrived safe, and found no difficulty in 
recapturing Calcutta. After making such 
arrangements as were necessary at that 
place, he commenced his march towards 
Moorshedabad with a forte which did 
not exceed 3,500 men, only 1,200 of 
whom were Europeans, and reached the 
vicinity of Plassey, where Surajah Dow- 
leh lay encamped with an army of 70,000 
men. Clive,-whose reputation as a po-~ 
litician was noways inferior to his skill 
as an officer, had previously entered into 
a private treaty with Meer Jather Alee 
Khan, an officer of the highest rank and 
consideration in the court of the nabob, 
This treaty consisted of several articles, 
the principal of which were the deposi- 
‘uon of Surajah Dowleh, and the eleva- 
tion of the Meer to his place on the 
Musnud, an indemnification to the Eng- 
lish for their losses by the capture of 
Calcutta, and the cession of certain dis- 
tricts to the southward of that city to the 
East India Company. Several other 
principal men about the nabob, who 
were disgusted with his violent and des- 
potic disposition, joined in the confede- 
racy, and agreed that Jaffier Aleé should 
succeed to the Subahdoree; as he was a 
man of the first rank among them, and 
held in general estimation and respect. 
Clive, thus secure of meeting no opposi- 
tion from that part of the enemy’s army, 
under the command of his new ally, 
drew up his own forces near a grove 
by the river side, which secured his left 
flank and rear, and the hunting-seat which 
i mentioned before, served as a safe and 
convenient magazine for his ammuwition 
and stores. The nabob marched — 
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