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branch of the Ganges. It is near five miles in leygth, but very narrow, and winding with the river.
Dacca is conſidered the firſt manufactory in India, and produces the richeſt embroideries in gold, ſilver, and ſilk. It alſo receives conſider. able advanthges from its cottons, of much the fineſt ſtriped and worked muſlins, callicoes, and dimities, are made, much ſuperior to thoſe finiſhed in other parts of the country. The beſt kind manufactured for the immediate uſe of the Great Mogul, and his Zannanahs, are of exquuiſite workmanſhip, and greater value than any permitted to be ſold either to the natives or foreigners.
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