Observations on the Sickness Which Prevailed at Jessore, (Bengal), in the Months of Aug. and Sept. 1817

or consisting of one story, but well elevated and flued, and inhabited by the Europeans, is a flat spot of ground, intersected with ditches, and containing much jungle, along with indigo and paddy fields, reaching close upon the premises surrounding the habitations. On the north side is an inconsiderable branch of the Ganges, having little communication with the parent river, and which, except in the rainy season, is almost stagnant. On the northern side of this, opposite to the town, a broad space of low and sunk ground is left uncovered, and, during the wet months, converted into a stagnant offensive marsh. Along the southern bank the Bazar runs in a continued line for