C obra de A u-
R E L L IA .
C obra M an
il l a .
Sea Snakes.
M ongheir.
Bombay, one called Cobra de Aurellia, the other Cobra Manilla,
which proved equally fatal.
I c o n c l u d e with two fpecies of fea fnakes, one the Nalla
Wablag Hie Pam, tab. xli. p. 47. the fame with the dark-backed
fpecies, engraven in plate iii, p. 60, o f my ill volume. The
other Tatta Pam, tab. xliv. p. 49, is a flender kind, with
a very fmall head, black, encircled with white, unlefs at the tail,
where the circles are incomplete. Both thefe were flung on
Ihore near Vizigapatam.
A b o u t a hundred miles below Patna, on the weftern banks
of the Ganges, itands Mongbeir, a town with feveral good buildings
in the Indian ftyle, and a large fort. Mr. Hodges, vol. ii.
tab. V. VI. gives two views, one general, with an exteniive view
of the Ganges, which is very expreffive o f the beauty o f the
lituation; the other is o f part of the fort, and abridge with
two, pointed arches. The fort, and what appears of fome of
the interior overtopping the walls, fhew its magnificence.
This place is generally made a ftation for part of the JLngliJh
troops. The commander has found here a handfome houfe,
built for his reception by the munificence of the late General
Goddard.
M r s . Kinderjley paints with her pen moft exprelfively the
charms o f the neighboring paefage. “ The country (fays' the
“ fair traveller) is remarkable fertile, beautiful and healthy,
“ About two miles diftant is a houfe on the top of a very high
“ hill, which commands a vaft extent of country, with every
“ thing that can form a romantic and delightful profpeif. On