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goods being of little value, and subject to no detriment from being 

 wet. 



The Shergerh district abounds in iron ores ; and I find that immense 

 quantities can be procured there at very little expense, and from the ex- 

 periment I have made, I have no doubt, but extensive forges might be 

 wrought in that district advantageously. Of other ores — there is lead in 

 the neighbourhood of Lakshmipur, in the Bhagalpur zillah, and I have 

 reason to suppose, copper may be found in Dholbhum, near Hajwdha, 

 in a stream called Guru Nadi, that empties itself into the Subanrekha. 



IX. 



