town of Hindustan, at the north-west extremity of the Northern Circars, forty-three miles north-west from Ganjam. The neighbouring country is covered with impervious forests of bamboo, on which the inhabitants were wont to rely for their defence, and did not think it necessary to erect redoubts. The whole district is considered as one of the hottest regions in India. Long. 84. 55. E. Lat. 19. 53. N.