. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. 623. CHAPTER XXIV. AnMTXTSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH GOVEHXORS OF OF HASTINGS. HE governor-general of India held his court with all thestate of a sovereign prince, at Calcutta, where a magni6-cent palace had been built by the marquis extensive plain, in the front of which this edifice waserected, was adorned with a great number of handsomedetached mansions, which were the residences of theprincipal English families, and were placed in the mids
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. 623. CHAPTER XXIV. AnMTXTSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH GOVEHXORS OF OF HASTINGS. HE governor-general of India held his court with all thestate of a sovereign prince, at Calcutta, where a magni6-cent palace had been built by the marquis extensive plain, in the front of which this edifice waserected, was adorned with a great number of handsomedetached mansions, which were the residences of theprincipal English families, and were placed in the midst of large city had also been greatly enlarged and very much improved ; or, itmay be said, that a new city had been added to the old one. The latterwas called the Black, or native town, while the new part was distinguished asthe European quarter, and consisted of fine streets and squares, formed ofelegant buildings, mostly detached from each other but having a communi-cation by stone terraces, and being shaded by a variety of luxuriant the Black town and the European quarter, were many dwellingsin the
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