CHAP. I. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE JUNGLE PART OF THE 

 COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THE ROAD 

 FROM CALCUTTA TO BENARES PASSES. 



To premise a short description of these 

 Countries will enable the reader to form a just 

 idea of the sport. A Military road, known by 

 the name of tjie new road,, was cut through 

 these districts by Captain Charles Ran kin, 

 during Mr. Hastings's Government, by which 

 the distance to Benares from Calcutta is redu- 

 ced one hundred and fifty if not two hundred 

 miles; it is cut through parts of the country 

 which were generally unknown and consider- 

 ed impassable. The accomplishment of it 

 therefore redounds much to the credit both of 

 the projector and executor. This new com- 

 munication affords very great accommodation 

 to the country at large, and is particularly 

 beneficial to the government, enabling it 



