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EASTEfcN HINDOOSTAN. 145
of my friend Doctor Patrick Rufe/ I may add, that one nearly
related to my Coriaceous tortoife, Br. Zoo/, iii. N° 1, has been
taken of the weight of a thoufand pounds; from him I alfo
learned that the long-tailed fpecies, the Tefludo ferpentina, was
alfo a native of this country.
Of land fpecies the fäßudofcabra, de la Cepede, tab. x. La
Cbagrinee, tab. xi. La RouJJatre, tab. xii. T". Lutaria, tab. iv.
T. Graca, tab. viü,
Balafore is the firft place on this fide which lies in the great Bajlasore.
provmce of Bengal; it ftands in Lat. 210 32', on a fmall river,
and is by land only four, by water twenty miles from the fea.
Its diitrict is amazingly fruitful in pulfe, and moft fpecies of
edible vegetables, fuch as Do/, Gram, Callivancoes, rice, and even
wheat, a grain which providentially will grow in both the
torrid and arctic regions. The manufactures are very con-
fiderable in all branches of the cotton.
This city has alfo a confiderable trade with the Maldive ifles, Tradk,
which it fupplies with rice and other grain, and receives in
return Cozvries, and Katar, or coco-nut cables. Pilots are here
always ready to carry the fhipping into the Hoogly river during
the feafon; this coaft is extremely dangerous, as is evident by
the number of wrecks that cover the fhore. About Balafore,
the tides begin to fhew marks of confinement; the fpring tide
rifes ten feet, the neap feven.
A Squirrel is fonnd here in fome refpects refembling the Squirrei,
Bombay, N° 336, nofe pink-colored ; face, fore part of the neck,
fore legs, belly and infide of the thighs yellow; ears much
Voh. II. U tufted,
of my friend Doctor Patrick Rufe/ I may add, that one nearly
related to my Coriaceous tortoife, Br. Zoo/, iii. N° 1, has been
taken of the weight of a thoufand pounds; from him I alfo
learned that the long-tailed fpecies, the Tefludo ferpentina, was
alfo a native of this country.
Of land fpecies the fäßudofcabra, de la Cepede, tab. x. La
Cbagrinee, tab. xi. La RouJJatre, tab. xii. T". Lutaria, tab. iv.
T. Graca, tab. viü,
Balafore is the firft place on this fide which lies in the great Bajlasore.
provmce of Bengal; it ftands in Lat. 210 32', on a fmall river,
and is by land only four, by water twenty miles from the fea.
Its diitrict is amazingly fruitful in pulfe, and moft fpecies of
edible vegetables, fuch as Do/, Gram, Callivancoes, rice, and even
wheat, a grain which providentially will grow in both the
torrid and arctic regions. The manufactures are very con-
fiderable in all branches of the cotton.
This city has alfo a confiderable trade with the Maldive ifles, Tradk,
which it fupplies with rice and other grain, and receives in
return Cozvries, and Katar, or coco-nut cables. Pilots are here
always ready to carry the fhipping into the Hoogly river during
the feafon; this coaft is extremely dangerous, as is evident by
the number of wrecks that cover the fhore. About Balafore,
the tides begin to fhew marks of confinement; the fpring tide
rifes ten feet, the neap feven.
A Squirrel is fonnd here in fome refpects refembling the Squirrei,
Bombay, N° 336, nofe pink-colored ; face, fore part of the neck,
fore legs, belly and infide of the thighs yellow; ears much
Voh. II. U tufted,