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making to apprehend this city will shortly be involved in 
troubles, Agreed we acquaint tne Honble President and Council 
of the same and desire them to send us an ensign with a strong 
Honble Masters effects at this Factory and as the prices of pro- 
visions are already rising a proper stock to be laid in for the use 
of this garrison in case of any troubles happening here and appre- 
hending that our Peons will not be so serviceable to us in these 
times as Buxerrys,!Agreed we dismiss what peons we have in 
our service and entertain Buxerrys in their Room, etc. etc. 
3rd January 1746. It being the general report here that 
Aga Sherafi! Mir Habib’s brother is coming with a party of 
Marattoes to plunder rom city and our se being badly 
secured in several places ........ Agreed that a parapet 
wall in form of battlendnts be run round the same. 
18th February. Agreed we send in our effects as soon as 
possible and to be ese caer in readiness to vii thither (t.e. to 
the pena upon the least notice of the near approach of the 
Mara 
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14th toe 1746. As we apprehend we need no longer 
be affraid of the Morattoes coming this way. Agreed we dis- 
miss the Portugueze entertained i in our service on that account 
as soon as this mon ut 
27th April 1747. 
Mr. Feake is still Chief. 
Mr. Smith died 
1 Mir Habib’s brother is called Mir Serif i the ag tite egg Aga 
a oo refers to him and so probably Aga 
this it would appear that they lived cmtaide the Factory, 
probably -* nerds 
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‘ Sai ar, i.e. cleaner of arms oe 
SA ‘laa of Rajputs from Muradabad. (See Wilson’s Glossary). 
