INDIA. 



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Aft*. 



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the WOt It 



on tlie wild 

 by the Saiu 

 eel tu be aU 



who 



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td by the. 



bowl 





u*ae*ed 



breadth vv. much, but on an average it may be 



. >f this province wliifn re the 



.t. . I, are in the pontwMon ot' the British, the 



.nd the Guicowar. The t- ot' the first 



i along both sides uf the Gull of Cam bay, and 



cumpriie th-.- cities of Surat, Baroach, Cambay, and Go- 



1'he ea court from this gulf to the mouth of the 



< umber of petty princes. The 



; .it, besides those belonging to 



are Ahmedabad which belong* to tlie I'aieb- 

 Wjh, and Chumpaneer, vr. -i brlon*< to a Mahratta 

 war, whose dominion- lie in this 

 considered in con- 

 ii lin to the eat of it. On 

 ', Tstta, a d 'strict of >ii 



>rth 



- i. le. 1 t< length i* Mppo*- 

 . average breadth about 

 by a number of tribe*, 

 ueer i* situa- 

 : : <>per, between 



i 30** of L ' >n t e we*t it U bound- 



on the east by Delhi 

 on the north b> Mult .n and Delhi ; and on 

 <f Malwah and GUM rat From north to - 



350 mile*, and it* average breadth i* 

 It is abo called Rajpootana. The city of Aj- 

 roeer, and the turroundii ig diatrict belong* to Scindiah ; 

 the district of Tonk Bao*| . I olkar; and thereat 



liMidiMjur, and other lea* 



powerful rajah*, who are i .u-lly tributary to the Mah 

 rutu uatcd between tlie J-lh an 



degrees of latitude, i* bounded on the north by Lahore, 



; - ... -, ...... - '. : : . :,. -. ,:> 



,-ra and Ajmerr , on the weat by Aj nicer and 

 Lahore, and on the eatt by Oude, and the lull* v 

 rrem northern HmdoiUMi ltlm. 

 and average breadth about I MX The city 

 < tract of count it the whole of 



the esut of the Jumnah, and the north- 

 MOD of it, belong to the . 



I i. n are 



allic* of the Br illy occupy the 



10 the north-west of the Juiunah, - 

 ^e. The principal towns are i 

 irabongpoor, tec. 6 Agra, bet*. . and 



'legrecaof Ui, >unded on the north by 



Delhi; on the *uth by Mai* y Aj- 



m*er ; and on the east by Oude ad All haUid. 

 length U \:*> miles, and it* average breadth ISO. 

 veral rajalit, who are allie* of the British, pimrx the 

 north-western and wealern district . of Agra, 



a m ound it and the country to the east f 



the .Fuiiiiuh, t io!-.- to t' . the raat of the pro- 



i-j.;..rti. U poMetaed by the 

 , bride* Agra, arc, 



|Mr, DC- tig fmtmsei ; Callage, Kalpy, 



ween the ..M and 2 d 

 kdeil on the north 



. 



. *an , and on the wqtjt 

 It* average breadth u about 



U. i. ii.. 



ttrcly by S nululi - 



alao po*ea*e* a atnall portion of th province. 



- re . the i I'll and .-..! lati 



i< bounded on the wr>t by Malwah n. 



on the ca*t \,j Bahar and Condwaiu : oo the north by 



* 



Oude and Aj^ra ; and on the south by Gundwana. lu Surisric 

 length is about '.'TO miles, and its breadth averages '*^^~<f~^^ 

 al>out 120. Nearly the whole of this province belongs 

 either to the British, or to their ally the nabob of Oude. 

 The principal towns are, Allahabad, Benares, Calliiiger, 

 Chunar, &c. 9 Oude, between the :>(nh and 28th de- Oude. 

 grees of Utitude, is separated, on the north, by a range 

 ofhilUfrom NVpaul ; on the south it is bounded by 

 Allahabad ; on the east by Bahar; and on the west by 

 Delhi and Ajrra, Its length is 2.50, and its average 

 breadth 100 mile*. The whole of this province is either 

 poaaewed in full sovereignty by the British, or, though 

 ttill held nominally by tlie Nabob, entirely under their 

 protection and controul. The principal towns are, 

 Liu-know, the capital and residence of the Nabob, Fy- 

 Babad, the former capiul, Ou.le, (i.x>rarpoor, &c. 10. 

 Bahar, between the 22d and 2Ttli tleyrees of latitude, Bha, 



...i the north, from Nepnul liy a range of 

 high hills; on the south is bounded by (lundwana; on 

 the eaat by Bengal ; and on the west by Allah 

 Oude, and (iimdw.na. It i* 250 miles long, and 900 

 broad. According to Mr J. Grant, in his Snp-'lrmrnt 

 la Ike Hiilorical ami C'lmparatitt A .nliftit of ike Ft- 

 of Bengal. &c. published in the AJIJI mlix to the 

 i!i-|x>rt t'tom thr S-lert Committee ol'tlie I ltiut- nt' 

 COOODOO*, there are in thu jir,>\ n-Hiiti-li 



mile* of plain arable lund, out of .*> 1.973 the total su- 

 perficial content*. Thii plain country it naturally di- 

 vided, by the Gange*, into two portion*, nearly eijual ; 

 one of them *tretch< - - from that ri v 



fbreata of Nejwul and .Starting, at the t'< ot of the Ti- 

 bet i an mountain*; the other diviv.on stretches from the 

 Gange* aouthward, to the hilU which lie betwec-n 



j.Unu and the Balaghatit, or country above the 

 Ghauta. To the outh ot these two divi- liar, 



there ia a diatrict, almoat entirely covered 't 

 ed and atragfUng Inllt, the area of which comprise* 

 I ..... -,..,!. . .1 . i.-.i, : \ , . 



a highland di Uieageol 



The 



the ei . the plain 



country, north and south of tin 



the greatest part ' I he 



pl tuwna are Patna. M..u a !nr. I! 11. 



lieniial, between the SI-' . denren of latitude, BcngaV 



i* bouTKlrd on the north by Nepaul *ml lio.it.m ; on tin- 

 south by the bay of Bengal ; < >y \--nn ami 



Ava; and on the we*t by Baluir M .1 diitrict 



funnrrly belong ng t >ri-.a, is now 



ileeaned part of Bengal ; .! I the 



length *f Bengal will be '' 'I it aver.ige 



breadth 3O() The whole of Un- '-tdthe 



lirineipaJ pUce* in it m - ^ 



a, Moonhrdabad. Htngl : 



18th 



trrees of lutitude. I on the west U>c Deem. 



by the tea; on the ei-t by Berar ami II-. ( r.-il>..'l 

 the north by Berar, Khandrinh, ai< lot "t*~ 



the aouih by l japour and Better ti is alxitit ba * 



30O mile*, and it* average breadth Uk> Biimbay and 

 :i..' to t! l.ind, the 



I'ai'liwuliaiMlliis leudatorieaposarssn*- .il_ thn 



t other fourth belong* t . -in- 



cipal towna are Aurungaluul, -nvr, Ita*ein, 



Damaun.aiid Duwletahad. 2. Khai. . tlir 



2Ut and - ot' latitude, i* bounded on the 



nortli t>y Malw^h; on the H>uth by Aiming ilmd 

 and 11. r.ir ; on the eat by Berar ; and on the west by 

 Guzcrat. Its length i* about 200 miles, and its ave- 



