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GANGE TIC HINDOOSTAN. 311
The Bbyfe was created from his thighs and belly. His bufi- TheBhyse.
nefs was to fupply, by agriculture and traffic, the neceffaries of
life.
The Soodera he created from his feet, and to him devolved TheSoodera.
the duty to labor, to ferve, and to obey *. The Khatres alfo
have their Zennar, but it is diftinguifhed by the number of
threads: that call having fevver threads than that of the Brab-
min, and the Bbyfe than. th&t of the Khatre; as to the Soodera,
none of them are permitted to wear that badge of diftincüon.
The Soodera is a moft numerous caft, confifting of near a hun-
dred inferior cafts.
But to return to Calcutta.—The firft fort was built of brick, Old Fort at
C ALCUTTA
and named Fort William-, in honor of King William. Num-
bers of people, attra&ed by the commercial advantages, flocked
to this new fettlement. The goods of the provinces on the
Ganges were brought down to feed the luxuries of the weft, and
thofe of Europe conveyed acrofs the vaft oceän to fupply the~
new-acquired wants of the eaft. I cannot traee the progreffive
increafe; let it fuffice to fay, that the prefent number of inha-
bitants amounts to five hundred thoufand, The Engliß quarter
is built in the moft elegant and fuperb manner in the European
ftyle; and the buildings have more the appearance of palaces
than the refidence of private perfons. Some that are built quite
on fpeculation will take a rent of a thoufand rottpees, or j[. 125
Engliß a year. A fine fet of prints, lately engraven by Mr. 'Tho-
mas Daniellf öiew the moft fplendid parts of the city, and many
* Sketches of the Hindoos, i. p. 127.
of
The Bbyfe was created from his thighs and belly. His bufi- TheBhyse.
nefs was to fupply, by agriculture and traffic, the neceffaries of
life.
The Soodera he created from his feet, and to him devolved TheSoodera.
the duty to labor, to ferve, and to obey *. The Khatres alfo
have their Zennar, but it is diftinguifhed by the number of
threads: that call having fevver threads than that of the Brab-
min, and the Bbyfe than. th&t of the Khatre; as to the Soodera,
none of them are permitted to wear that badge of diftincüon.
The Soodera is a moft numerous caft, confifting of near a hun-
dred inferior cafts.
But to return to Calcutta.—The firft fort was built of brick, Old Fort at
C ALCUTTA
and named Fort William-, in honor of King William. Num-
bers of people, attra&ed by the commercial advantages, flocked
to this new fettlement. The goods of the provinces on the
Ganges were brought down to feed the luxuries of the weft, and
thofe of Europe conveyed acrofs the vaft oceän to fupply the~
new-acquired wants of the eaft. I cannot traee the progreffive
increafe; let it fuffice to fay, that the prefent number of inha-
bitants amounts to five hundred thoufand, The Engliß quarter
is built in the moft elegant and fuperb manner in the European
ftyle; and the buildings have more the appearance of palaces
than the refidence of private perfons. Some that are built quite
on fpeculation will take a rent of a thoufand rottpees, or j[. 125
Engliß a year. A fine fet of prints, lately engraven by Mr. 'Tho-
mas Daniellf öiew the moft fplendid parts of the city, and many
* Sketches of the Hindoos, i. p. 127.
of