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they may improve the prospect, are almost as difficuh to pass 
at this season as the Cape of Good Hope itself. Having left them 
behind, as the weather rapidly improved, our dandys recovered 
their spirits, and taking advantage of a fine moon, we went on till 
a quarter past seven, by which means we reached Najumahal, a 
journey of fifteen coss. 
September :^9.— After a cold and damp night we set off at half 
after five, and at eleven took our leave of the main stream of the 
Ganges, and entered a small branch which is called the Bogaretty : 
it forms, with the Jellinghy, an island, on which are situated Cosim- 
buzar and Moorshadabad. The river became gradually narrower 
and more rapid, its banks affording a richer scene of cultivation, and 
the numerous villages showing that we had returned to a civilized 
country. We passed Sooty at seven, and soon afterwards stopped for 
the night, having made about twenty-three coss. 
September 30.— -We departed at five, and reached Jungipore by 
seven, where I received from my friend Mr. Atkinson a box of 
insects, which he had taken the trouble to collect for me during 
my absence. Here also I met a hircarrah from Mr. Pattle, the Judge 
at Moorshadabad, inviting me to his house at that place. As we 
approached Moorshadabad, the banks of the river were gradually 
sloped to the waters edge; and where the current was very rapid, 
were protected by a fret-work of bamboos. The cocoa-nut-trees 
again made their appearance in considerable abundance, and several 
handsome pagodas were embosomed in the groves formed by them 
and the mangoes. The town extends for near five coss along each 
bank ; but the buildings are in general bad, and the palace of the 
Nawaub is so insignificant that we passed it without observation, 
