The large and populous City of Patna is in the province of Bahar. The gauts, or steps leading up from the river, are very numerous here, and are intended for the advantage of merchandise, as well as the convenience of the Hindoos, whose religious duties oblige them frequently to perform ablutions in the sacred river Ganges.
The larger building is the house of an Hindoo merchant, and is an example of the general style of buildings on the river side inhabited by men of that class.
