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was sliortly followed by others, who were 

 pushed on rapidly to the front, to jom that part 

 of the force whose services were soon after- 

 wards so distinguished under the command of 

 Sir Hugh Rose, in Central India. 



The town of Bombay is in appearance very in- 

 ferior to the capitals of the other Presidencies, but 

 far superior to Madras in wealth and commercial 

 importance. The Parsees, who form a large por- 

 tion of the community, are, I believe, the most 

 energetic and enterprising merchants in the 

 world. The Mahomedan and Hindoo merchants, 

 too, are many of them men of enormous capital, 

 which, being always employed, is constantly 

 increasing. Shortly after our arrival a grand 

 entertainment was given in honour of Meer Ali 

 Moorad, by one of the leading Mahomedan, 

 or rather Bhorah, merchants, Teyabjee Boee- 

 meah, whose son, Cummeroodeen Teyabjee, I 

 had known in London, where he was studying 

 the law in a solicitor's office. The old gentle- 

 man was moreover quite delighted at finding 

 that I knew his son, and was enabled to speak 

 very much in his favour, both as to his ability 

 and steadiness of conduct ; so I was of course at 

 once installed in his good graces. The Meer 



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