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DEAN MAHOMET.
177
LETER XIX.
DEAR SIR,
AFTER halting ſome day at Benars, in order to refereſh the army, we proceeded on our march towards Belgium, delighted as we paſſed along, with a continued view, of the fineſt country on earth, diverſifed with fields of rice, plantations of ſugar, and gardens abounding with a variety off fruits and flowers; and encamped at Duci, oppoſite 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 pleaſntly ſitu-
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