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THE TRAVELS OF
riches and luxury of the Eaſt, are diſplayed with faſcinating charms. Our hoſt was that elevated kind of character, in which public find private virtues were happily blended; he united the Stateſman with the private Gentleman; the deep Politician with the ſocial Companion; and though of the mildeſt manners; he was brave in an eminent degree having led, the way to victory in many campaigns. Twelve miles from Monghere, is a famous monument erected on a hill called Peepaharea, which the love of antiquity induced us to viſt: it is a ſquare building, with an arch of hewn ſtone riſing over a marble ſtab, ſupported by ſmall round pillars of the ſame, without any in-
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