honour of receiving his fandtion, and that of the Council.
On the 10th of January, 1783, I began my journey by land,
palling once more through Môorfhedabàd, Bauglepoor, Mong-
heir, and Patna, to Benares. , As I.had not flopped at any of
the above places, except Bauglepoor, where I remained ohlÿ
otre day, I foùttd myfelf confiderably fàtiguèd by a journey of
nearly five Jiundred miles, in a pallankeen ; I therefore determined
to reft at Benares, and tvas happy1 to receive the civilities
of Mr; Markham, the Refiderit, a gentleman Univerfally
Known for his liberality and accomplifliments.
H aving prolonged my ftay four days, and finding myfelf
perfectly recruited, I purfued my journey, and arrived at Allahabad
on}fhe fécond day after I left Benares. This is the
point of confluence of the two'gfeat rivers Jumna and Ganges j
and between the eaftem boundaries of the Jumna and the
weftem boundaries of the Ganges is the country known by
the name of Dooab, dr a country lying between two rivers’,
the whole of which is efteemed very ’fertile. ' Immediately
at the point is the fort of Allahabad, built entirely of ftone,
by the' great * Empéror Acbâr ; and commanding, from its filiation,
the navigation of both rivers ; a circumftance which
ought to make it a place of conlequence, although it is now
left tb rtrin. It is built in the old ftyle of fortification, with
Walls flanked by round and fquâre towers ; and that which is
called the Agra gâte, pointing towards Agra, is very hand-
fome, being ornamented with many final! pavilions on the
to p ; and having within the exterior gate two other gates,
■wfiich were formerly -Igcurgd with porteifife * s Thd- fort
vers a confiderable fpape pf ground, and muftjaavje requited a
’ great number of men for itsl,pro,te<Stion* 'Withiq'the walls of'
the fort aih large areas; in one of whieli! Lftbfprved admail
rpnmiment over the tomb? o f Engfilh Ujp£er^»thp inscription,
however, was nearly defagedi *); Thple 'ar£as ^ar© now, n °
more rban heaps o f ruins,, chipfly iq3V,ered>^ith the t duft o f
the crumbled buddings, • This, W?s‘ o^dhe,,; many fotfV
trefles-that extended nearly in a line from Lahore tp ;Chunar
Gur, pn the Ganges, all o f , whi^iv^ye.J§dlhd ^by.Ac^bp,
and, mult Have fecured' the empire from the confines o f Perfia
- to the borders of. Bengal. is, what, is called
the city; confiding, however,.merelyto£, thatchedfiu%j and
■ with fcarceLy a ypftige o f ,any^ ponfid^hle thoufe' upmainihg1.
T h is, place .is now in the pofieffion/. pf Afoph: ul ?,0.owlah, ^
JSfybob of p u d ;: it, WSS, for, fame time, thjguefidemce ofi.the
prefent Great Mogul, the unfortunate Shah Allum, after his
unfuccefsful" attack, andjhis lofs qflthe battles of Geriah and
Buxar, where he attended* the late Nabob jfiujah ul, Dowlah,
and on the lofs of which he threw himfelf on the p'rbtedtion o f ,
the Englifla, by whole influence and power Allahabad and the
adjoining province of Korah were allotted him for his fupppiit.
D uring a ftay of three days I made feyergl.drawings of
the fort, -and then proceeded, Jo,,Cgwrippor, a large j inilitary
ftation on the Ganges. This, is a cantonment for^ihrigade,
o a