[{120b}] The East India Company, to which the island belongs, have a governor and English troops here.
[{125}] The mangostan is unanimously pronounced the finest fruit in the world.
[{128}] One of the four had been removed from the first cabin, because it was asserted that he was somewhat cracked, and did not always know what he said or did.
[{150}] The finest and most costly muslin is manufactured in the province of Dacca, and costs two rupees (4s.), or even two rupees and a half the ell.
[{153}] The hurgila, a kind of stork, that eats dead bodies, and is frequently to be seen near the rivers in India.
[{158a}] At the period of my visit there were about 782 of them.
[{158b}] Rajmahal was, in the seventeenth century, the capital of Bengal.
[{160a}] Monghyr is termed the Birmingham of India, on account of its extensive manufactories of cutlery and weapons. Its population is about 30,000 souls.
[{160b}] Patna is the capital of the province of “Bechar,” and was once celebrated for the number of its Buddhist temples. Near Patna was situated the most famous town of ancient India, namely, “Parlibothra.” Patna contains a great many cotton and a few opium factories.
[{161}] In all Indian, Mahomedan, and in fact all countries which are not Christian, it is a very difficult task to obtain anything like an exact calculation of the number of inhabitants, as nothing is more hateful to the population than such computations.