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130 The filligrane, in particular, is admirable, the workmanhip being more cotly than the metal itelf. It is not perforated, as with us, but cut in hreds, and joined with uch inimitable art, that the nicet eye cannot perceive the junture. The embroidery and needle-work, for elegance, urpas all decription, and greatly exceed any thing of the kind done in Europe: both is remarkable that there are no female embroiderers or emptrees here; the men do all the work in thee branches, and their patience is atonihing, as their lownes is ingular. Proviions of all orts are exceeding cheap and plentiful in Dacca: the fertility of its oil, and the advantages of its tuation have, long ince,