ALLAHABAD. 
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stone gateway, and four round towers,the height of the walls, is unfi- 
nished. As the pinnaces were not in sight, I was tempted by the ap- 
pearance of several picturesque pagodas overshadowed by tamarinds 
and banian trees, to land at a gaut, and visit one of the largest, where 
was an image of Mahadeo in the centre, and the bull looking at him. 
Sezadpore is distant a mile, and does not lie on the main branch of 
the river; I could, therefore, only perceive it at a distance. It has 
many handsome brick buildings, and no appearance of decay ; the 
numbers from it that were bathing in the river show that its popu- 
lation is considerable. The wind blew very fresh, and drove all 
the three boats on a sand bank to leeward, where we were delayed 
for an hour and a half, with all our men up to their middles in the 
water, pushing us along: afterwards the breeze carried us on 
admirably. The Ganges is muddy and discoloured : thespits of sand 
that stretch-out alternately from each side make the navigation very 
circuitous and difficult. The reaches were, as usual, very fine, with 
frequent villages on both sides. The river, on approaching Alla- 
habad, becomes so shallow, that in no part can you pass down 
without being pushed across the sands. We were in sight of it by 
five o'clock, but at half after six we were only parallel to it on the 
opposite bank. The other boats had crossed with facility ; but in 
attempting it with the whole force of our oars, we were driven by 
the stream down to the Jumna, and with very great difficulty 
made the opposite bank. Allahabad does not make a very hand- 
some appearance ; there are a few large brick buildings, but with- 
out any rich ornaments. The fort is at some distance, placed on a 
tongue of land, one side being washed by the Jumna, and the other 
very nearly approaching the Ganges. It is lofty and extensive, 
