CHAPTER XXXIX. 



CONCLUSION OP THE JOURNEY FROM SURAT TO CALCUTTA, 



CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY CALLED 



THE DOUAB, FROM AGRA TO CAWNPORE: 



WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ALLAHABAD, BENARES, AND THE 



PRINCIPAL PLACES ON THE BANKS OF THE GANGES 



FROM CAWNPORE TO CALCUTTA. 



1785. 



" Thrice happy, blest Britannia's bounded kings! 

 " To clothe the naked, feed the hungry, wipe 

 *' The guiltless tear from lone Affliction's eye ; 

 " To raise hid Merit, set the alluring light 

 " Of Virtue high to view ; to nourish Arts, 

 '.' Direct the thunder of an injur' d state, 

 " Make a whole glorious people sing for joy, 

 " Bless human kind, and through the downward depth 

 " Of future times to spread that better sun 

 " Which lights up British soul : for deeds like these, 

 " The dazzling fair career unbounded lies ; 

 " While (still superior bliss) the dark abrupt 

 " Is kindly barr'd, the precipice of ill. 

 " O luxury divine '. O poor to this 

 " Ye giddy glories of despotic thrones ! 

 " By this, by this indeed, is imag'd Heaven, 

 " The boundless Good, without the pow'r of 111." Thomson-, 



