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I have seen in India; the countenances express no character, the 

 limbs have neither strength nor elegance, and are destitute of the 

 graces which characterize the sculpture of ancient Greece. 



In the suburbs of Cam bay are some large mausoleums and 

 Mahometan tombs, in the form of octagon and circular temples, 

 many in a beautiful style of architecture, and the marble sculp- 

 ture of some exquisitely fine. I was informed the dust that worked 

 out in finishing the flowers and ornaments were weighed against 

 gold, as a compensation to the artist. The grandest was erected 

 to the memory of an eminent Mogul, who died of hunger during 

 a grievous famine, which almost depopulated this part of Guzerat; 

 it appears from the inscription, that during this dreadful scarcity the 

 deceased offered a measure of pearls for an equal quantity of grain, 

 which not being able to procure, he perished by hunger. 



From the quantity of wrought stones, and scattered relicks of 

 marble at Cambay, we may judge of its former wealth and mag- 

 nificence; the charge of transporting them thither must have been 

 immense, the mountains from whence they are hewn being very 

 distant. 



The trees which shade the houses are filled with monkeys, 

 squirrels, doves, and parrots : the monkeys are the only mischievous 

 part of these curious citizens; they occupy the roofs of the houses, 

 and swarm all over the town, unmolested by the inhabitants. 



Cambay was formerly celebrated for manufactures of chintz, silk 

 and gold stuffs; the weavers are now few and poor, nor is there a 

 merchant of eminence to be met with, except the brokers under 

 the English protection. The population and opulence of this city 

 must have been considerable, when the duties on tamarinds alone 



