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decked, and enwrcathed with flowers, the songs and dances of the 

 choristers, uniting with the stroke of the oars and paddles, gave a 

 lively interest to the scene. Some of these boats are rowed by 

 forty paddles, each with ils bells. The attitudes of the dancers 

 before the images were frequently not only indelicate but disgust- 

 ing. At night the illuminations commenced, but being only in the 

 usual style, we left the festive scene ; and passing the factory at 

 Cossimbazar (which by the artificial lights appeared to be a very 

 extensive building) we proceeded to Burhanpore, and the next day 

 dined at the cantonments, which arc more convenient, though less 

 elegant, than those already described ; but so unusually high have 

 been the inundations of the present year, that the cantonments at 

 Burhanpore are entirely insulated, and the road to Cossimbazar 

 impracticable. 



On the J 6th we reached Plassey, which gives the title of Baron 

 to Lord Clive, in honour of the victory he obtained on the adjoin- 

 ing plains, over the troops of Serajah Dowlah in 1757- We visited 

 that memorable spot, with the hunting-seat called Plassey-house, 

 and the immense tope, or mango grove, which will long identify 

 the place which gave such a happy turn to the English arms and 

 interest in India. 



The surrounding country abounds Avith beasts of prey, and 

 game of every description. A gentleman lately engaged on a 

 shooting-party in the wilds of Plassey, gave us an account of their 

 success in one month, from August the loth to September the 14th, 

 in which space they killed one royal tiger, six wild buffaloes, one 

 hundred and eighty-six hog-deer, twenty-five wild hogs, eleven 



