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.ter o: h;•'aim:: the. ,ni_hty 'urr,•nl Laef,. st,,ni' il:s are deposited above the rock. and although changing with every high-

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gins   ,n,imd • -•, , L:, , m   odb::nks11vhr• ,..aio she river into numerous hrtutrh,rs of a many different forms. The outlines
levri ~~i th. str~.r. it i ,w, often seine dtst:mrc from am present balks, are sort with sin .knit,,, scattered all over the valley:

I.at. North. 21" 0'

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Height ( of the bank above :ea level I: 50 Engl. feet.

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The ihils of Ben6ale   high water.

"AQuSretl by Iferieann de 5rhlagiulweit Sakiiultiuski,Sept 1111:1.11r.\=1Glt.

Lithographed by Sabatier, printed In Oil-colours by Lemercier, Paris.

The Jhlla are Lakes and swamps varying greatly in liar. situated In the upper part of the helms of Bengal. In the height of the rants the country becomes here so vastly overflooded that even large boats may sail right across the r miry 6etweeu temporary islands; to the dry season a few- lakes remain. The , w is Inkvn about half-way betweemi Hdmpur Rdleah, on the Ganges, and Dhaka nn time Stirma, looking up the eurrr:d to

the northwest. The vilad. of Sellovus in. the foreground. intlm its wretched native huts, and a rounded ranee temple of rather    sual form. is in a position of equal temporary insulation with those we see further on. The vrgcla1ion
is luxuriant wherever the soil is not toss Muddy; the field is covered with jute 111 feel high l the fibrous forrh,,,'use ,,5lgr1uo l; close by mighty 6:anboo stems 62 feet high are seen, terminating in most ,'tender wavy branches. As a peculiar tropical modification the uniformity in the tint of the water. mid its glare, may be remarked: it is the effect of the almost vertical position of the am, whilst in the morning and evening the shades are of a much greater variety, in accordance with the differences of depth and rnercut,

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immediately also, d. Crt,•s• On: betel rim•, on th: promontory to the of the sand in the foreground to the rte:ht indicate snff ro•ndg The Hills to die right are d„• \l,,Iung ilills: Ilm,e t,, tt,,- h-ii

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