NARRATIVE, be. 
BENGAL. 
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CHAPTER I 
Leave Calcutta—proceed through Plasseij to Moorshedabad—cross 
the Ganges near Bauleah — arrive at Rungpore — Calamattij .— 
Luffoon, or tremendous Hurricane. — Mungulhaul, respectable for 
its Manufactory. — Zeenkaubs.—First View of the Mountains of 
Bootan. — Cooch Bahar. — Bungalo — singular Custom in this 
District—extensive Woods—Practice of felling Timber—wild Ele¬ 
phants — Pine-apples, present Abundance of—first Introduction into 
India.—Inroad of the Moguls into Assam—Fate of the Invaders .— 
Chichacotta.—Frontier of Bootan. 
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The beginning of the year 1 783, I received my final orders and in¬ 
structions, and left Calcutta, to execute the service which was intrusted 
to my care. Lieutenant Samuel Davis, and Mr. Robert Saunders, were 
included in the commission with which I was honoured, and appointed 
to accompany me, the former as Draftsman and Surveyor, the latter 
