S. W. VIEW OF THE FAKEER'S ROCK IN THE RIVER GANGES, NEAR SULTAUNGUNGE.
Sultaungunge is a village on the western bank of the river Ganges, about 300 miles above Calcutta. The Fakeer's rock is a small island in the Ganges. It consists of several masses of grey granite, and was formerly a point of land projecting from the shore, but by the violence of the current is now become perfectly insular. This spot is said to have been destined to religious purposes, from very remote antiquity; which, indeed, seems probable, from the sculptures on many of the rocks, among which several small temples are interspersed, that give the island a very romantic appearance.
S.W. View of the Fakeer's Rock in the River Ganges, near Sultaungunge.
