horizontal branches;! and difplaying their varied plumage to
the fundaiz^:l'e; theheySs-.bf t’hef^traveller' igp he\phffes>h'Tn
this route many inferior rivers are'palled, that feed the waters'
of the Great (Ganges1, i whichVat thishfeafol^oii the\ ƒ ear-
very low ? and1 the fteepiibfs i many oftheB. banks'.reihders ‘
the.carriage extremely't»Oublefome tp jthe]pkllankee'nbearers.;;
At Colgong there'is a. rconfi'der&ble1 fire^m; (hat falfsJ into- the
Ganges j 'whicH;by *ftsj continued force/; arid ^particularly in the->
time of the periodical rains,) has detached tw&large roldrsH^di
formed tl^em- inio vihands-. covered with w6h%|j full feventy
yards from the fliore. There is a paffage betwe,eh',tfa'e illands
and the fhore filled with funkenrfoeks, which form 'violent
eddies. .The .paffage isbfometimes 1 only id be effected by
m m boats:; and in- the- t i m e t h e raihs.ds/&eeined'Oxceed-
ingly dangerous, I knew an inftance in which if had nearly
proved fatal.
T h e country about ’Cplgorig is, I think, thb moft beautiful
I have feen in India. The waving appearance of* the'
land, its fine turf and detached- woods, backed by the ex-
ten five forefts on the hills,.brought* to' my mind many of. the
fine parks in England; and it§;)dVerloO:king'the 5 Ganges,1
which has moire the appearance o f an ocean at this place
than of a river, gives the profpeft inexpreffible grandeur. ..
. F r om this-place my router was■ continued-fO1 the village
of Sultungunge % • oppofite to which, in the river, is': the fmall