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these gullies about two miles from Akberpore, we enlered a lovely 

 plain, and reached the town by an excellent road. It is not easy 

 to fancy a more delightful spot for the accommodation of an ori- 

 ental traveller. The buildings are spacious, the groves shady and 

 varied, and the prospects no less singular than magnificent. In 

 our front was an ancient edifice, on the margin of an extensive 

 lake, with a picturesque island in the centre; a building of mo- 

 dern architecture, never finished, adorned the brow of a hill half a 

 mile further, near a large tank, environed by pagodas, mosques, 

 minars, and other decorations, each deserving a particular de- 

 scription. 



We left this delightful situation before three o'clock the follow- 

 ing morning, and at seven reached Chechindee, seven coss from 

 Akberpore : it is a large town, situated in a pleasant country, in a 

 much belter state of cultivation than any we have been lately 

 accustomed to. The next stage brought us to Caunpore, a large 

 cantonment belonging to the East India Company, on the west 

 bank of the Ganges, situated in the Donah, literally tzco-vatcrs, 

 being that tract of country lying between the Jumna and the 

 Ganges, over which we had now travelled from Agra to Caunpore, 

 a distance of one hundred and seventy miles. 



The whole road from Agra, on the banks of the Jumna, to 

 Caunpore on the Ganges, being across the Douab, is through a flat 

 country and a light soil, apparently fertile, and richly wooded, 

 with beautiful mango groves, and other umbrageous trees. The 

 inhabitants in general, both Hindoo and Mahomedan, are tall and 

 handsome, with a peculiar neatness, I could almost say elegance, 

 of form and feature. They are also reckoned remarkably brave 



