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3rd Novr. Perusing said account and finding it not to 
amount to } of ye value the Nabobs at their first coming used 
to be presented with and considering the many favours and 
favours may be expected from him in ye future I thought it 
very convenient. considering the present must be forborne 
untill the arrivall of the horse, to write away to ye Agency 
immediately, humbly desiring they will please to consider of a 
present a little more suitably being informed by the Mutsud- 
dies this now ordered will not at all be acceptable nor pleasing, 
he being made sensible of what we formerly used to give, and 
the Dutch? present\being large is too fresh in his memory to 
notwithstanding ‘so much kindness shown ye English in invit- 
ing of them down to Bengall and writing up to ye king in their 
favour they were now commencing a new quarrell and ordered 
Mullick Hadee to write to the Fouzdar* to enquire into the 
business. 
25th Novr. Received a Generall® from the Agency in- 
timating that they were sensible of the Nabob’s kindness and 
wished they had more suitable things to present him but that 
the Rt Honble Compy in their advices had blamed them for 
pieces more (which makes with ye former parcell 10 prcoee( 2 
pieces of fine per * * tuanoes ® two pieces of course * anc 
| The Hasbulhukum given by Stewart is dated Feby. 1691 which was 
after the above was written. There may have been another of earlier 
ate. ghd 
2 For other Dutch presents see the first instalment of the diaries. 
The Dutch evidently tried all aiong to outbid the English in this respect. 
8 Refers evidently to an occurrence in 
+ The local Fauzdar of Hughly. : 
5 A general letter, i e. an official letter. General as opposed to special 
or private. : 
6 I find this should read ‘ Perpetuannoes.’ The word is derived from 
Italian or Spanish ‘* Perpetuo” (Latin Perpetuus). So called from its last- 
ing qualities. It was of wool or cotton and wool. (See Murray’s dictionary). 
1 Coarse. 
