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by their predatory incursions, 



inspired them with a taste for the arts of civilized life ; 



and attached them to the British Government, 



by a conquest over their minds ; 



the most permanent, as the most rational dominion. 



The Governor and Council of Bengal, 



in honour of his character, and for an example to others, 



have ordered this monument to be erected. 



He departed this life 

 on the 13th day of January, 1784, aged 20,. 



Having taken leave of our hospitable friends at Bhaugulpore 

 on the 8th, we proceeded down the river, and in the evening went 

 on shore at Colgong. On ascending a hill, where Mr. Cleveland 

 had erected a bungalo, we commanded an extensive view over a 

 country which had been lately overflowed ; much of it appears to 

 be a jungle, or forest land. About fifty yards from the shore is a 

 most singular island, which appears to be composed of numberless 

 distinct rocks, intergrown with a variety of trees ; on the top is a 

 dirgah, or shrine, having a hermitage devoted to religious retire- 

 ment, at present inhabited by a celebrated derveish, or Mahome- 

 dan saint. 



On leaving Colgong we passed on the right a long succession 

 of hills : the land between them and the river seemed to have been 

 lately overflowed, and produced only the reed, so generally used 

 throughout this part of India for thatching the houses. We found 

 the main river (which we now re-entered) extremely wide, but af- 



