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PATNA. 
March 4. — At four in the morning Mr. Salt arrived. He had met 
with nothing particular, but had staid two days at Monghyr to take 
views. He had every where been most hospitably received. I went 
with Mr. Graham to view the town of Patna. It is one continued 
street the whole way, and the population appears to be very great. 
The houses in general are of mud, and there are few remains that indi- 
cate the capital of Bahar. In a gateway I observed some very black 
stone most beautifully carved, which had probably been taken from 
some ancient pagoda. There are the remains of a fort, and of the 
British factory where the massacre of two hundred prisoners was 
perpetrated by the adventurer Summers, called by the natives Soo- 
meroo, then in the service of Meer Coss i m, who thus revenged himself 
for the capture of Monghyr. A monument, but without an inscrip- 
tion, is erected to their memory in the European burying ground. 
The city was taken by Major Adams in 1763, and has since re- 
mained in our possession. It is generally admitted to be the cele- 
brated ancient city of Palibothra. The whole society of Bankepore, 
amounting to eight or nine families, this day dined with us. 
March 5 .- — As a sufficient number of bearers were not to be pro- 
cured, Mr. Salt was obliged to remain behind. After an early dinner, 
attended by my servant, I again set off on my journey. I passed 
several Mahomedan burying-grounds, which with their accompany- 
ing trees had a pleasing effect. I next crossed the three squares of the 
Dynapore cantonments : those for the privates seem excellent. The 
officers' apartments are now private property, having been sold 
by the Company. The third square seems never to have been 
finished, and is falling rapidly to decay. At ten o'clock I passed 
the Soane. It is still a very considerable river, and celebrated for 
