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clean, with a good serai, and a pretty mosque in its centre. Here 

 we passed the night, and early on the following morning continued 

 our journey through a country richty adorned with groves of man- 

 gos and tamarinds. After travelling seven coss we reached 

 Auriah, a neat and populous town, with a comfortable serai; but 

 preferring a mango tope without the town, we unfortunately at- 

 tracted the attention of two sets of dancing-girls, who annoyed 

 us a long time; the more so, as they possessed neither beauty, 

 grace, nor harmony. We left the grove and its sirens soon after 

 three o'clock, and before sun-set arrived at Secundra, five coss 

 from Auriah. The road was excellent and the country uncom- 

 monly beautiful, especially between Cojepore and Secundra; the 

 former is remarkable for the ruins of a grand serai, and a noble 

 tank, in a sad state of dilapidation. Secundra is surrounded by 

 beautiful groves. We passed the night among some majestic ruins, 

 on the margin of a large tank without the town, which contains 

 nothing remarkable. 



Soon after three o'clock on the next morning, we proceeded 

 through a wild country to Tunwapore, a wretched village, almost 

 depopulated, and affording no convenience for a traveller, except 

 a shady clump of trees, where we halted six o^ seven hours, and 

 then renewed our journey to Akberpore, which we reached at sun- 

 set. The greater part of the road was through a country inter- 

 sected by deep gullies, particularly near the river Singore, where 

 we found a ferry-boat at the pass. After crossing it, we re-entered 

 the ravines and gullies, at this season covered with jungle, or un- 

 derwood, in full verdure. This irregular scenery differs widely 

 from the rest of the country called the Dooab. Emerging from 



