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THE TRAVELS OF
The filligrane, in particular, is admirable, the workmanſhip being more coſtly than the metal itſelf. It is not perforated, as with us, but cut in ſhreds, and joined with ſuch inimitable art, that the niceſt eye cannot perceive the junſture. The embroidery and needle-work, for elegance, ſurpaſs all deſcription, and greatly exceed any thing of the kind done in Europe: both is remarkable that there are no female embroiderers or ſemptreſes here; the men do all the work in theſe branches, and their patience is aſtoniſhing, as their ſlowneſs is ſingular. Proviſions of all ſorts are exceeding cheap and plentiful in Dacca: the fertility of its ſoil, and the advantages of its ſtuation have, long
ſince,
