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overſhadowing the road, afforded a friendly ſhelter and an agreeable View along the country. The road was broad and ſmooth, and in places contiguous to it, we found ſeveral refreſhing wells to allay the thirſt of the weary traveller. In a few hours we reached Fulwherea, a ſpacious plain adapted for our purpoſe, where the Quarter Maſters ordered out the Laſcars to pitch the tents and marquees on the lines formed by them. Our camp, which made a grand military appearance, extended two miles in length: it was ranged into nine ſeparate diviſions, compoſed of two battalions of Europeans, ſix regiments of Seapoys, and one company of European Artillery. On the front line, the
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