Calcutta, the capital not only of Bengal but of all India,
being the seat of government and residence of the governor-general and council,
has been so much talked of, and so often described, that nothing new or
interesting concerning it can be offered to the reader. A traveller, therefore,
who visits Bengal from curiosity and a desire to explore its grander and wilder
beauties, will not long tarry in its metropolis, but, deciding on the mode in
which he will travel, make his preparations ac
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