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SULTAUNPORE. 
during the whole of summer. There are no fences to the fields, 
except occasionally, where a row of the Indian fig is planted along 
the side of the road. In the night I passed the boundaries of the 
East India Company's territory, and entered that of his Excellency 
the Nawaub Vizier. 
March 19. — On awaking I should have known the change by the 
face of the country. The heavy hand of oppression had evidently 
diminished the quantity of land in cultivation. The crops were 
more scanty, but the mango topes increased in number, and were 
now more beautiful from the vicinity of the jungle, where the Butea 
shone resplendent. The monkeys and peacocks were numerous, 
and perpetually called off my attention from the badness of the 
roads, and made me the less regret that we were obliged to proceed 
at a very slow rate. A sepoy of Captain Delamaine's, sent to conduct 
me to his master's quarters at Sultaunpore, met me early in the 
morning, but as he had no note, and I did not understand what 
he said, my bearers carried me on to the next stage on the direct 
road, leaving Sultaunpore two miles to the right. On finding my 
mistake, I was excessively vexed ; but preferred returning, to tra- 
velling through the whole of the day. I arrived at Captain Dela- 
maine's about one o'clock. Fortunately, during the whole of the 
morning, there was a fresh breeze from the eastward,, which was 
perfectly cool. The hot winds come from the N.W. over the deserts 
that skirt the Indus. The mountains of Thibet render the other 
wind more cool than could be expected so near the tropic. Mr. 
Salt arrived just as we were sitting down to dinner, much fatigued, 
the heat having greatly increased in the evening. Sultaunpore 
cantonment is pleasingly situated on an extensive plain on th^ 
