124 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
would redress them and give them all imaginable satisfaction 
that can be expected or that they should require, and that i 
we desired a dustuck! to goe ourselves we might have it and 
ingly arrived from whence they sent away letters® both to the 
Nabob and us advising of their arrivall and of their readiness 
to assist him against the Arrakanners according to contract but 
because they were not entertained with that freedom as they 
expected they weighed anchor within 6 or 7 dayes after their 
rrivall and before the Nabob’s answer could arrive which 
otherwayes if they had stayed but 3 or 4 dayes longer Boramull ® 
would have arrived with orders to treat with them and in all 
probability would have concluded the business soe that they 
might have returned to Calcutta againe; ‘tis most certaine 
if they had stayed for an answer our ffactory here had not been 
seized. 
Sirs, if it may not be presumption in us to offer our 
opinions, we conceive this to be the only time for settling the 
Rt. Honble Compy’s affaires, having the opportunity now of 
making use of a just and honest Suba and ’tis the opinion of 
many persons that the King hath ordered” him to inquire into 
the truth of the English business and to inform himselfe where 
the wrong lies and to give them encouragement, soe that if we 
lett slip this opportunity when we have soe good a Suba and 
one that hath promised to grant you whatever you desire, * tis 
to be feared we shall never meete with the like againe, and if 
Xe, Honr. &e shall think it convenient to call us away or 
continue us here upon the arrival of this, please to intimate 
1 Pass, permit or license. 2 October. 3 Christian. 
+ Stewart does not mention this. 
1 ng Capt. Heath called a consultation whereat it was debated whether 
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divers reasons highly requisite to write to the Nabob and advise him of 
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our. ; d speedil 
desire his finall answer thereabout.” (Heath objected but) ** however 
consented that a letter might be wrote to give notice of our arrivall which 
was accordingly done ”’ (Hedges’ Diary, Vol. II). 
6 Introduction to this Part. 
1 There is no other record of this though it is probably correct. 
