been reduced by him after a siege of six weeks, These men were shockingly mangled. - Some had balls lodged in their bodies, others were scorched by a combustible matter thrown on them during the attack.-Being possessed of a few medical materials, I applied dressings to such cases as could likely receive any benefit fron the assistance; and I was pleased to observe the successful effects of some of the applications. The want of chirurgical help is an evil which affects, in a grievous manner, the native military service of Hindostan, especially since the use of fire-arms has become so prevalent; and it will be no exaggeration to say, that a greater number of the country troops are destroyed by the effects of wounds, than slain in immediate action.

AFTER a long journey of 14 cosses, in which I crossed the Ganges, and had nearly exhausted the strength of my horse, I arrived on the 21st, at the ancient city of Kinnouge, situate on the Callinaudy, a small river that falls into the Ganges, about twenty miles below Furruck abad. Kinnouge, before the period of the Mahometan conquest, ranked amongst the most populous and opulent cities of Hindostan. It is mentioned in testimony of its grandeur, that Kinnouge contained thirty thousand shops for the sale of betle, and afforded employment for

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six thousand female dancers and musicians. vast mass of ruins interspersed through a wide space, marks the ancient extent and grandeur of Kinnouge; though few distinct vestiges now exist, except some parts of a stone temple erected in ancient times to the honour of Setah, the wife of Ram, which has been exorcised by some zealous Mahometan, and converted into a place of worship. The present race of Indian Mahometans not being fervent in the cause of religion, or being, rather, supinely regardless of it, (many of them holding the memory of Mahomet in as little reverence as they would that of Thomas-à-Becket, had they ever heard of him,) the mosque is now defiled and abandoned. In several cavities which the rain has formed, I observed parts of brick wall, sunk twenty feet at least beneath the level of the town; and the inhabitants say, that in digging into the foundation, small pieces of gold and silver are often discovered. They also say, that Kinnouge was once destroyed by an inundation; but as few Hindoo records are divested of mythological story, slender uses only can be derived from them. The Marhattas plundered this city, and laid waste the adjacent country, previous to the battle of Panifrett. After this important event,

It was fought in February 1761.

which gave a strength and permanency to the Mahometan power in Upper India, Ahmed Khan Bungish, the chief of Furruckabad, took possession of the districts of Kinnouge, which, during his administration, began to emerge from the ruin in which it had been long involved, and assumed symptoms of a recovery which are now wholly effaced.

ARRIVED on the 23d, at Khodah Gunge, nine cosses, a village in the territory of Muzzuffer Jang, the adopted son of Ahmed Khan: but no more like the father, -excuse the phrase,

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than I am like Hercules. " - This young man, averse to, or incapable of business, is a tributary of Assoff-ud-Dowlah, who by the high fine he has imposed on Furruckabad, may be said to govern it himself.

ON the 24th, at Furruckabad-nine cosses. Finding the pleasures of my Patan friend grow expensive, and very noisy, I took an easy leave of him, and slipped unperceived into the English artillery camp, where I am treated, as I have been in all parts of this hospitable country, with every mark of kindness.

I am, my Dear Sir,

Yours, &c. &c.

LETTER VIII.

MY DEAR SIR,

Rampore, February 5th, 1783,

THE desire on every occasion

of testifying the sense I entertain of your friendship, prompts me to give you the relation of my route from Furruckabad to Rampore.

THE progress of the first day, the 29th of January, 1788, which was a long one,-not less than eighteen cosses,-brought me and my horse, both greatly jaded, to Kytterah; a large village on the west side of the Ganges.

THE next day at Allahapour,-nine cosses.--This place not being a common stage, nor containing a serauce, my accommodations were slender, and those extorted by the force of bold language, and a few extra pence. At Allahapour there is only one house of entertainment, and that for the article of eating only ;-you may sleep where you can. After supper, I proposed to the landlady with every token of decorum, that we should lodge that night under the

same roof. The dame misconstruing the purpose of my request, and fired with indignation at the idea of its indecency, poured on me a torrent of reproach. In the exercise of the tongue, a female of Hindostan hath few equals; and if she hath ever followed a camp, I would pronounce her invincible on any ground in Europe. An English woman, educated at our most noted seminaries, and skilled in all the various compass of debate, will, perhaps, on some interesting occasion, maintain the contest for an hour, which then terminates in blows and victory. But an Indian dame, improved by a few campaigns, has been known to wage a colloquial war, without introducing one manual effort, for the space of three successive days; sleeping and eating at reasonable intervals*. There is a fertility of imagination, a power of expression, inherent in the mind, and vocal ability, of an Asiatic, particularly a female one, which cannot be engendered in the cold head of an European and there is an extent of language also peculiar to the East, which the limits of Western speech do not contain.-Let me not forget the story of my landlady, whose words, shrill and piercing, yet seem to vibrate in my ear.With every symptom of a virulent female pride,

* Such prolonged engagements are distinguished by the particular term of "baussy Lerhay," or the stale war.