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traces of its time of calamity except in 

 the locality occupied by the fort and the 

 houses of the European officers. This 

 was a pretty green sward with the fort 

 on its seaward face, and several large 

 and well-built houses grouped round it; 

 only two of these remain, surviving 

 in that state of long-protracted decay 

 which is often the lot of the strongest 

 constitutions and the most solid build- 

 ings. The fort is sharing the same 

 fate. 



Meanwhile, Chetterpur has taken the 

 place of Ganjam as the head-quarters of 

 the Revenue and Magisterial establish- 

 ments, and the courts of justice have 

 been located at Berhampur, the mili- 

 tary cantonment twelve miles off. The 

 country between these places is disposed 



