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GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



Cobra de Au- 



RELLIA. 



Cobra Ma- 

 nilla."" 

 Sea Snakes. 



MoNGHEIR. 



Bombay, one called Cobra de Aurcilia, the other Cobra Manilla, 

 which proved equally fatal. 



I cOxVCLUDE with two fpecies of fea fnakes, one the Nalla 

 Wahlag ilk Pam, tab. xli. p. 47. the fame with the dark -backed 

 fpecies, engraven in plate iii, p. 60, of my ift volume. The 

 other "tatia Pam, tab. xliv. p. 49, is a llender kind, with 

 a very fmall head, black, encircled with white, unlefs at the tail, 

 where the circles are incomplete. Both thefe were flung on 

 fliore near Vizigapatam. 



About a hundred miles below Patna, on the weftern banks 

 of the Ganges, Hands Mongbeir, a town with feveral good build- 

 ings in the India7i ftyle, and a large fort. Mr. Hodges, vol. ii. 

 tab. V. VI. gives two views, one general, with an extenfive view 

 of the Ganges, which is very expreffive of the beauty of the 

 fituation ; the other is of part of the fort, and a bridge with 

 two pointed arches. The fort, and what appears of fome of 

 the interior overtopping the walls, fliew its magnificence. 

 This place is generally made a ftation for part of the EngliJJj 

 troops. The commander has found here a handfome houfe, 

 built for his reception by the munificence of the late General 

 Goddard. 



Mrs. Kinderjley paints with her pen moft expreflively the 

 charms of the neighboring paejoge. " The country (fays the 

 " fair traveller) is remarkable fertile, beautiful and healthy. 

 *< About two miles diftant is a houfe on the top of a very high 

 " hill, which commands a vaft extent of country, with every 

 <* thing that can form a romantic and delightful profpedt. On 

 4 " one 



