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Gulf, the same neglect of the sea's riches is to be 

 seen, but with greater excuse, since here the natives 

 are entirely disinclined for seafaring, and besides 

 their numbers are very small. And now we come to 

 the vast continent of Hindostan, with its thousands of 

 miles of sea-board, with its hungry millions of in- 

 habitants swarming along those easily accessible shores, 

 people essentially maritime and inured to seafaring, 

 but we must deal with them in another chapter. 



