tation* from that SuecUfetit tod'^ki'r^dF teiked- in Bengal,-augeiih-'
gaus, whidi 'griwsTfo ther height; of thirty feet, and is as thicfcas the'
wrist/ to the mo&st'Ompaet and loftiest timber oftheforest., if i^hardly
necessary to add, that from thisexhaustless store^ the remotest provinces
of India, derive-to’ample supply of the best materials for constructing
boats, and for alf the purposies of building. As a proper appendage -of
So grand a scene, there are'hcre foinid innumerable herds of that' invaluable
animal, the elephant, which' a beneficent Providence has given,
to ease the labour of a slothful and feeble race, and has wisely fitted
him for his employment, by a docility equal to his strength.
C H A P T E R W-. '
The Valley ! afuThs-sisudom—Palace of*the Ghief&itsl ektenswevAc-
?;ty%omtnoda£ion\containing ail thekGffiie^swfSia^e, :aj Very', numerous
^'{^EslablishmmL'bfGyJtcrrtgs, and a Temple.opWorshif.—^floldness
-nmfth^Seasdn-rr-Buildings ill calculdtedio obviate ilsf'Effects.^The
‘n Rayah's'Stmk.—Ancient SitetafTassi^udvii-.—^Palacf offlurn’ Ghas-
rmi$atoo\^Mode t f supplying the: Valleyi'.with dVater' from the.suK
hr^rounding Hills.-^IThc sacred 'Sentence enclosed inyTeippJes? inscribed
. on Tablets, on Flags, and oi%Bochs.—Brakoienn,ee1\ or
t;htyewdBull^Artimhs-^PapcFMawfdictofgi-y£ef&ofipf4hf§Rjiins
iI ;• mbderdte^general Salubrity • of outj Sitkalion.-4-Poshtee.^An "Ex-
‘'fchmwni-t^Wwddechy.^Setflementsz bfMeReliginms^A?Refihisfi.
£ i ^Geutwn ofthe Daeb.K—Mr. Sadndei&JakenUl—Jncmtdtimi:fQ.r
v? vdiispReoaveryA [! «
iU avjng at length ,a- little tirhe ta*,bi^eathe ^omeihe occtipfidons, of
l.c’erethony', and the no less important chhCern o f domestic arrangements,
Tshall'endeavour to give a^geiieral idea of Ae'yalley^offTtassi'sudonvn A
nairow'^lip ofthree Or four’miles ihilfengthyhnd in.vits<w>iddst parknft
exceeding., one mile i$i breadth,' has bee^inade^h,o4'^ hi fai the fs iteration
of.the capital. It'mayirather heJfermed', I think, a softened,.glen,
which lying betwixt the vast mqu^f&*ns that give a passage to'ihe river