Born 1783.--Died 1826.
Born at Malpas, in the county of Chester--Early piety--Studies
at Oxford--Poem of “Palestine”--Recites his work in
public--Becomes a volunteer--Loses his father--Travels in Northern
Europe--Sweden--Norway--Russia--Ladies of Moscow--Traverses the
Ukraine--Romantic view at Nakitchivan--Tcherkask--Inhabitants
of the banks of the Kuban--Traverses the Crimea--Returns to
England--Obtains the living of Hodnet--Purity and romance of his
opinions--Marries--Excellence as a parish priest--Contributes
to the Quarterly Review--Publishes his poems--Observance
of Sunday--Delivers the Bampton Lectures--Loses his only
child--Illness--Appointed Bishop of Calcutta--Friendship
of the honourable Watkins Williams Wynn--Is exceedingly
esteemed and regretted--Sails with his family for India--Pious
conduct on board--Arrives in the Ganges--Colour of the
Hindoos--Reaches Calcutta--Laborious situation--Departs from
Calcutta on his visitation to the Upper Provinces--Scenery
of Bengal--Arrives at Dacca--Visits the Nawâb--Loses his
chaplain--Continues his voyage up the Ganges--Sultan Sujah’s
palace--Rosefields of Ghazeepoor--Attar of roses--Reaches
Benares--Lucknow--First view of the Himalaya--Contrasted with
view of Mont Blanc--Approaches the Himalaya--Almorah--Returns
towards the south--Delhi--Is presented to the emperor--Agra--The
Taj-mahal--Sir David Ochterlony--Traverses Rajpootana--Bombay--Mr.
Elphinstone--Ceylon--Calcutta--Madras--Death 356