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THE TRAVELS OF
their hoofs, from which they muſt have ſuffered extreme torture. They were all, with ſome difficulty, brought back to the camp, and though taken every poſſible care of, a few only of the animals were reſtored, and the reſt died in anguiſh of exquiſite pain.
We continued our march towards Calcutta; and on our way thither, encamped at Gaouagochi, which takes its name from a large black fort built on the banks of the Ganges, three miles from the place of our encampment, where we remained about two months. Our ſituation was extremely pleaſant; the tents being almoſt covered with the
ſpreading branches of mangoe and
tamarind
