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LETER XIX.

DEAR SIR,

AFTER halting ome day at Benars, in order to refereh the army, we proceeded on our march towards Belgium, delighted as we paed along, with a continued view, of the finet country on earth, diverifed with fields of rice, plantations of ugar, and gardens abounding with a variety off fruits and flowers; and encamped at Duci, oppoite Alahabad, a large fort, about 412 miles to the fouth of Delhi, 540 from Calcutta, and 850 from the mouth of the Ganges. It is pleantly ated