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DEAN MAHOMET.
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LETTER XXXVII.


DEAR SIR,

HAVING remained ſome time in Dacca, we proceeded on our voyage to Calcutta, and, in about two days reached the river Sunderbun, which is extremely narrow, and winds into many branches, that feaſt the delighted eye with a variety of new ſcenery: the land on each ſide is low, and covered with great trees, cloſe to the water's edge: the water was ſmooth and tranſparent when we paſſed through, and appeared like, an extended mirror re-