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saw, but have not been able to procure 

 since my return to England. Captain 

 T. Williamson has also published a very 

 elegant and expensive work on the wild 

 sports of the East, but in this he describes 

 the sports principally as followed by Euro- 

 peans, which partake of the customs of 

 Europe and India, whereas, my account 

 of sporting will be confined to the methods 

 pursued by the natives. To the last men- 

 tioned author we are also indebted for a 

 Yade Mecum, a work of considerable me- 

 rit, comprising a perspicuous and detailed 

 description 6f the native servants in India 

 and their customs ; and is in proportion to 

 the fund of information which it contains, 

 the cheapest publication of the kind that 

 I am acquainted with : yet the price of this 

 book is now, one pound and eight shillings. 

 I may find it necessary to refer frequently 

 to that Gentleman's publications, and I 

 shall do it with much gratification, being 

 truly sensible of their great merit. 



