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goon river, and early on the morning of the 10th 
reached the town.” 
Feb. 9.—On the 3d, the ship Bombay Mer¬ 
chant, which had our baggage on board, arrived 
at Amherst; and on the 6th, I made an arrange¬ 
ment with the commander to take us to Bengal. 
The next morning, I proceeded up to Maula- 
myaing in the steam-vessel, to arrange some 
points of business with Sir A. Campbell, who 
returned with me on the 8th to Amherst. On 
the evening of that day, leaving my friend Dr. 
Wallich behind to prosecute his botanical re¬ 
searches, we embarked in the Bombay Merchant, 
and at nine o’clock this morning, with a fair 
wind, sailed out of the harbour in prosecution 
of our voyage to Bengal. The weather in the 
Bay of Bengal, especially the upper part of it, al¬ 
though generally fine throughout the north-east 
monsoon, can at no time of the year be implicitly 
relied upon. February, however, is the most 
steady month, and there is hardly any example 
of a gale in it. 
Feb. 23 .—Our passage was remarkably favour¬ 
able, and the weather exceedingly fine through¬ 
out. We took in a pilot at the sand-heads on 
the 21st, having thus, as the reckoning is usually 
made, effected our passage in twelve days. Here, 
as frequently happens in this season, we were 
becalmed, and it would probably have taken us 
eight days more to have reached Calcutta, had we 
