Excerpt from A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, From the Year 1745, Vol. 2: To Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan; Section the First The sea-coast between the mouths of the river Hughley $516. The Great Ganges, extends 180 miles, and the whole tract is a dreary 3unhospitable shore, which sands and Whirlpools render inaccessible from the sea to ships of burden and for several miles inward, the land is intersected by numerous channels, which derive from both rivers, and disembogue by many mouths into the sea. The islands formed by these channels are covered with thickets, and occupied by deer and tygers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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