;? fince. the number,. of.. tr qppsv.regained-. for. a proper
:garri||^|; for, it. could. keep the field. ., It .^was begum immediately -after
the vi&ory ,at Plaffey, .which.. irifured .to -the Britifb an unlimited influence
in. Bengal,•../and. the.intention of; Lo d^h^gLwas, to. render. i,t as
j)erinangnt as poffible, ■ by. fecuring ay-tenablepoft. .at all times.,; .tClive,
however, had no fiorefight^Gf the, vaft expeace-.attending it, which, perhaps
may hay&been equal to two millions} fterling.-” -4,-'-
-In this grand capital :qf Britifir Afia-theimixture of people and. manners
prefentsea- q)i<Turefqiie and interefti-ng -fcene. .The„. black Hindoo,
the olive, coloured Moor or Mahometan,; contraft vvith- the fair and
florid cpuntenance^of. the ;Englilh ; „and the charms; of the; European
daraigldEeeaattuaLfc iL£fet^L the dark. Hindoo beauties., j^Xq 'dtp luxuries
■ of the Afiatie, are added the. elegance, and „fcience o f the EngJiflj, „life.
Even.-the newlpapei$rare drawn up with;.caj;q,.and.,printed .■ wfitfl tefe-
gance : and the Afiatic fociety, inftituted by.;the late admirableBir
William Jones, may perhaps rival- the Academy o f I-nfcriptions at Paris,
I f the papers o f the latter were, adopted as a model: . and th,at.-uf,ac-
countable tafte, or rather infatuation, for vifionary. antitjuities,, attempted
to be difeufled by crude knowledge» and inaccurate Ta^QcWrignft vypre
finally difmilTed from Britilh. culture, to which it Teema; peculiar. and
indigenous. No human purfuit xari be more ufelefs, for it has not
.even the utility o f amufement; and when founded, pn the monftrpus
tales, and traditions, and innumerable forged manufcriptsr;of the.Bra-
mins, who pervert every fcience and inftitution to theipurpofes of their
own influence, it is no wonder that this-.Angular purfuit Ihould. difiufe
darknefs inftead o f light; -that every differtator Ihould confute his pre-
deceflbr.hy his own pundit, and his own manuferipts, always as ancient
as Brahma, if they be not o f the prefent century r fo that the more;- we
read the lefs. we know; and. fcience becomes another, term for. cpnfur
fion. With .fuch .exceptions,; and they are not numerous, the Afiatic
RefearcheS form a noble monument , of Britilh fcience in a diftant
■ country. The recent inftitution of a college or univerfity af Calcutta,
b y the Marquis ofWellefley, deferves the greateft applaufe, for the ex-
* Rennell, 58, 59.,^, .: fffjjfc 1 1 V
tent and liberality of the plan. Befides Hindoo, Mahometan^ and Eng-
;o£ civil
j u r i ^ 5 t u d g n c & , <l p o l i t i c a l s e f t jO '. h S i k y g f e g r a p h i y ^ h i f t p ^ j { i '§ c c £ s A lb e r t dim t h f e :
lMmq€zn,-extent of: fotetfc^ K a tp ^ l hiftpryf,i^)f^^oOfeWi‘df^[fori ©ifpot
tw’o' iprbfefforsp*’arid tti ib'fcarfielyjppfjj^rfori’a gpddrbotapld; tqdteia^fite
fam e-time deeply ■ 'firilled Sfif |zdidc%yy|orrin abinerafojgyi: far, .lefs in chy4
-' v:, »It <10 ,yji; ri> uu , - ■ .
- :Tbe>(commerce .of Calcutta) i^||^pgl^t|i|^al^,{lugar}« |pium,,filks#
arid muflisns, &c. : the!, .poppy -Whichvyields-jt^.q^gin as,partieulariy
mlfiyatpd in^lhe p ro ,v in c e^ f Ejajiap^|} jMufk,-» boEp.x» and;.p,the,r,commo-
d i f le ^ u f e d % 0 ( b e 'h p g o r f^ ; f r^ '£ ib e t>r iW e y ch a r jg^ iforJuio p eajn clotha
an^jha^dwape: Jlaup ,t^ifB|t f a ^ .^ p ^ b a ^ p ^ ^ u p t e d ftrib^Tibet ber
c^me fu b je^ ta^ e jed j^ u S j^ h ip e^ f)* *,
Afamx^rgpes' o f ^ ^ r l t , b ] $ er, iW y , mulk, and a
p S p 2 r kind q f f I k y cottog. The cpwry^lheife^fqdy Wj^cram.. -
.frojn the
lip§ are chiefly fabug^t^^n the ^ ip y ^fqn^^om j^May to September,
and, wit%c#)c'pe^ form|a‘ gf.eat part oftbfi.jgxgor^s'to Eurp^ | f !
In the/eaflern part of, the 'Britilb/poffelfipp^'^^j'in^&H^pItndei-ab
tojggip H^cca, beygndi thp principal ftr^am^o^ but d^efepaed j
on tbe eaft by the Megna qrTurrampo'dt- *
nuf^aurep -qf the mpft delict? mq%ns,,^^UP^n jequgft im||^Europeapfiniarket,
and whichajx^made f r o m ^ h ^ c ^ t ^ T ^ b ^ i ^ f f i j I l !
wasonegrthe qapkal of-BengaCvand;,.wasuf | | c c g e d e d A
modern city. , H o o g le y |^ a «
t^enty7,fix milqs’^ liy e .A lfiu tta , q.n theftgr^n^ wJlem.brancEof^e. '
Gaqges,,w^i,o4 tflepce rec^.ves^its pan3,e..,0H,s !t ,
Patna ;is thexaRkal o |0%e ^provipc^ ^abar, ^fi|3 ife^ Paw». ;
mile§ N.‘ W. jf^m ^ CalpUa,;ib e in g^ to le r^
cqnflderable trade,-mofi of the faltpetre in partiM|x, kported to"Eng-,
land,“being made id the proving of'Bihar.' Kedhe]U^u|§‘ ^ Pfina. |
tbe ancierit city of Palibrithrau Df. Robe*tfon ipfcrs that-bwa^. Al-
laiaSad,' Wbicb'is alfo fhe opinibriof D’Anvilld. SifWillidin Joriefifiip*
* • ^fiaiic RegIftef>.vol.‘il."n. io6- The lafigvagesf'to be teughtiare Aiab^c, Perfiau, SahfSrft,' |
Hindoft'a«e, Bengal, Telinga; M'aratta, 'Eatrula, and Canara. :
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