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In the rebellion of Cbeyt Sing, fpeedily to be raentione<l, we 

 fuflained a great lofs in this town by the ill-judged ambition of 

 a Captain Mayajfer, who, ^v^thout orders, led his troops to the 

 attack. The llreets were narrow, the houfes of ftone, and every 

 one filled with the Rajalf?, people. Captain Mayaffer, Captain 

 Doxa}7, and a hundred and three men of all denominations, 

 with two guns and one howitzer, were loft. 



N° XVI. The Defafumade Gaut feems the fame with the Desasumade 

 fplendid faqade, with the cool retreats behind, that are men- '^"^' 

 tioned by Mr. Hodges, and which have the conveniencies of 

 ftairs to tlie water edges, uncommonly extenfive and magnifi- 

 cent. I am well informed that thefe buildings are not mere 

 faqades, but fubftantial habitable houfes. 



In a temple named Vifs Vijhna, it is a remark of Mr. Hodges, The Viss 



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that the more he exammed it, the more he was furprifed to 

 find ornaments on it which were familiar to his eyes. He 

 drew the whole, but has given one column of moft exquifite 

 beauty, and found that on each column were the different 

 ornaments which were to be found in the other parts of the 

 building. On a large circular building, evidently an Hindoo 

 temple, there are ftill veftiges of fome of the ornaments, and 

 on one he found the Grecian fcroll. From the Grecian colonies 

 lent by fome of the fuccelTors oi Alexander, or by the embaffa- 

 dors of Greece, might have been introduced architedts, who left 

 behind them thefe fpecimens of their fkill. 



The diftridl oi Benares yields our Company ^.3SojOCo a year 

 clear revenue. The Ayeen calls this city Baranajjy, its antient 

 name was Kad'y. This is the great univerfity of the Hindoos ; 

 here their fciences are tau2;ht, and alfo the principles of their Seat of rue 



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