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sleep before my meal was over, when my 

 faithful Bengalee carried me to my bed, 

 and I never awoke till the sun was up on 

 the following morning. Thus I passed 

 my last night under the protection of my 

 friend the kotwal. 



I found all my servants ready for a 

 start, and was not sorry myself to get 

 away, as I experienced such a longing to 

 be moving towards civilization and society, 

 for, as I have said before, there is no 

 companionship between a black fellow and 

 a white man ; one never seems to have an 

 idea in common at any rate, I can assert 

 this with regard to any I have met. Of 

 course I am not including in my remarks 

 the high class natives, who, as a rule, are 

 well educated and courteous men. 



