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THE TRAVELS OF
LETTER XX.
DEAR SIR,
OUR march from Alahabad was extremely pleaſant, until we came to Mendegaut on the riverY of Ganges, when a violent ſtorm aroſe, accompanied with hail, lightning, and, thunder, which continued for three days, and greatly annoyed both men and cattle. We remained here a week, to repair ſome damages ſuffered by the weather, and then croſſed over to the Plains of Belgram, on the oppoſite ſide of the river, where we encamped in the year 1776 . Theſe plains take their
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