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your pleasure herein’ and we shall accordingly proceed in the 
governing of ourselves. 
We had secured neare rups 4000 of ve Rt. oe Compy’s 
estate some time before our troubles came upon us and if our 
Vacqueel Gungaram! had not been a Pricion dation fellow and 
discovered our house® to the Government we might have se- 
he hath all along brought us into greate met bboy see and 
hath become the so iy ale of all our affliction and mis- 
ery: the ‘at hitgende we suffered through his meanes was the 
carrying of us to the common Jaile* amongst theeves and 
murderers, wherein he might have avoided it is plaine for the 
spending of rups 100 which we were forced to give after one 
whole night & day’s lodging there : to have dismissed him the 
service we were afraide while we were in ye tyrannicall Suba’s 
r 
that our expenses with frugal management after the seerpaw 
and redemption fees* are satisfied will by computation amount 
to rups 200 or 250 per month, for we have stinted ourselves to 
out a dustick or pass from the Nabob for Mr. Henry Hanley’s 
and Company’s voyage to Balasore, we thought it convenient 
(2 not) to be overhasty therein fearing that the Nabob might 
take it ill that after soe = favour showne us we should be 
in such greate haste to be gone. 
We very earnestly otters ie the mgd s duan ° to ag his 
letter of invitation and encouragement to your honr. ete but 
he still replied that it signified little and was of noe value, 
tebe the Suba’s writing was sufficient, but that upon your ar- 
val in the Bay he would give you what perwannas you 
ahold desire and bid us write to yr. honr &c to rest assured 
of his favour. 
i da a Ram is a common name ; eee it is not ot impossible that this 
man ae. his name to Gangaram Bazar in Dacca tow 
would seem to mean that they had secretly moved from the 
weapeed no some other building in view of expec 
3 This was, I believe, to the east of the joing whieh stood where 
the pa ce the pee cae now are 
ent was evidently ape on release, as well as some sort 
of fee 
5 “This mele to Soukey Hanley with Stanley 
6 He may have been afraid of mixing Sieanett up in this matter. It is 
peste acu if Rifayat Khan was King’s Diwan so early as this: he probably 
