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to itself; and, as its design is one of the 
greatest public efforts that have been 
_ made in this country for the general dif 
fusion of the interests of painting, it is 
amply entitled to the gratitude of all who 
contemplate with solicitude the advance 
either of the arts, or of the living artists 
of England. 
An enguirer into the advantages of so- 
cial zeal exerting itself in the cause of 
the arts, cannot therefore but find his 
thoughts forcibly attracted towards this 
public-spirited and benevolent Institu- 
tion; and I propose, ina future paper, to 
offer a few hints on the subject of its un- 
dertaking, and to enquire how far it is 
likely to achieve the purposes for which 
it was formed ; whether it may be consi- 
dered as the precursor of that great na- 
tional patronaye, which can alone finally 
elevate the arts to the attainment of their 
just ends; whether the day of painung 1s 
really at hand, and the early ylimmerings 
of the British Gallery may be with jus- 
tice regarded as the corruscations of the 
dawn. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
NARRATIVE Of a TOUR through BENGAL, 
BANWAR, avd OUDE, fo AGRA, DELHI, 
and other pLacrs in the iNTERION OF 
HINDUSTAN, undertaken in the YEARS, 
4794, 1795, 1796, end 1797. 
» (Continued from p. 324.) 
N thé 80th I arrived at Borham- 
“SF pore, amilitary station, delightfully 
situated on the east bank of the river. 
The barracks, hospital, and other public 
buildings, have more the appearance of 
palaces than habitations for soldiers ; the 
éase and comfort of the men are particu- 
larly attended to, and their apartments, 
as well as those of the officers, are adinj- 
rably adapted to the climate. Hence 
the general good health which prevails 
in the Company’s armybeyond any other. 
We never hear of yellow fevers, nor 
any other févers destroying upwards of 
half a regiment soon after its arrival 
in the country; and this is entirely owing 
to the provident care of government 10 
having accommodations suited to the 
climate, and regulations established to 
prevent the men exposing themselves un- 
necessarily to the sun during the heat of 
the day; great ‘attention is also paid to 
their diet; they are not allowed indiscri- 
minately to indulgé their appetites, but 
their messes are provided under the in- 
spection of an officer, and those things: 
which ave not in season strictly prohi- 
Narrative of a recent Tour wn India. 
[Dec, 1; 
bited ; they are also interdicted the 
of spirituous liquors beyond their dai 
allowance, and Seapoy ceutries are sta=' 
tioned in the different avenues of the 
garrison, OF cantonment, te prevent the 
introduction of any of the fiery compor J” 
sitions inanufactured by the natives ; but 9 
above all, the management of their hos-} 
pitals is admirable, and the greatest pos- |® 
sible care taken in the selection of medi= |! 
cal men fit Lo be trusted with the lives of 
their fellow-creatures. Were it not for 
these salutary regulations, the mortality 
among our troops in the East would be as 
great as it generally isin the West Indies; 
and if similar precaations were adopted 
in the islands there, we should not per- 
haps have to lament such a dreadful 
waste of men. Qa 
Burhampore is about one hundred 
mies north of Calcutta by land, but 
nearly a third more by water, There is }f 
generally stationed here a regiment ofy 
Europeans, and five or six battalions. of 
native infantry, from the latter of which 
detachinents are made to the subordi-~ 
nate stations, one of these called Jughas 
gopa js distant noless than three hundred | 
miles in the north-east extremity of Bens 
gal, on the banks of the Burrampouter. ’ 
A single company of seapoy sstationed at 
this place is deemed sufficient to keep 
the mountaineers of Assam and Bootan 
in awe, but the duty is very unpleasant to 
the officer of the company, as he js the- 
only European within a hundred miles 
of the station, and must be cut off fiom ~ 
all society until the annual relief takes | 
place. 
The politeness and hospitality I ex 
perienced at Burhampore induced me to | 
stay there several days, during which I — 
made some pleasant excursions round” 
the neighbourhood, particularly to Moors — 
shedalad, Cossimbuzar, and Caleapore, 
all of which are within fout or five miles — 
of the station. ‘ 
Moorshedabad was the capital of Ben- 
gal before the establishment of the British — 
ower, and. is still the residence of the 
Rawaab Mubarie ul Dowleh, a man of a 
mere negative character, who reposes in 
ease and indolence on a pension from 
the Company of sixteen lacs of rupees 
pérannum. ‘The city is of considerable 
Magnitude, but irregular and ill built, aS 
all Indian cities are; the streets are ex- 
ceedingly crooked and narrow,. except 
the main street, or market-place, called 
the skowk, which is tolerably broad, with — 
small verandas in front of the houses, 
under which the shopkeepers expose 
“their 
