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Mr. Hodges, in his travels, gives a fine view of the foreft fide Lutterfpoor 

 of Bidjegury at p. 86, and in vol. i. tab. X. of his views, another ^^^^' 

 of the lofty fide oppofed to the plain country, which extends 

 quite to Bejiares. Lutterfpoor, tab. IX. of the fame work, is an- 

 other fort belonging to Cieyt S'mg, about twenty miles north 

 from the former. It is immerfed in a deep bamboo-wooded 

 valley, guarded by wooded hills on every fide. The buildings 

 extend far. Major Crabb was diredled to make himfelf mafter 

 of the place, at that time occupied by Cheyt himfelf. On Sep- 

 tember aift, 1781, he took poffeflion of it, and found it aban- 

 doned by the Rajab. 



A FEW miles below Benares, that fingular river the Goomty RiverGoomty. 

 falls into the Ganges, rifing due north, in Lat. 28° 40', near the 

 fouthern fide of the great chain of Kimaion. It has an almoft 

 dire(5t courfe of about three hundred and fifty miles, but with 

 fo crooked a channel as to give it the name of Goomty, or iivi/Ied, 

 which it is to a degree vermicular. It divides lengthways the 

 Dooab, or interamna of the Ganges and the great river Gogra. 

 The firfl: place of note on the Goomty is Jionpoor, feated about 

 thirty miles above its difcharge into the Ganges. It is remark- 

 able for the tomb or Musjid ereded by Cbaja Jeban, Vifier to 

 Sultan Mahomed Shah, in 1393, who, during the troubles occa- 

 fioned by the cruel invafion by Tamerlane, tifurped the pro- 

 vince of Bakhar, under the title of Sultan Shirki, or King of the 

 Eaft, and fixed his refidence at Jionpoor. In this magnificent 

 temple tomb he worfiiipped the deity, and at the fame time had 

 before his eyes the repofitory of his future afhes. The front 

 refembles a great portico, with a vaft pointed arch, and multi- 

 tudes of pointed windows. Behind is a mofque, with a lofty 



dome. 



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