116 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (March, 1912. 
as the Hopewell sailed from the Downs on the last day 
of 1641 and reached Fort St. George on the 15th July 1642. 
In the home records of the Company nowhere is the name of 
the Surgeon given. The Hopewell being unable to complete her 
voyage to Europe returned in September 1644 to Surat, but 
no trace can be found of Boughton’s participation in the 
voyage. The memorandum also gives instances that certain 
officers of the Nawab interpreted the farman differently. 
Mr. Foster then gives another extract from a letter by 
the President and Council at Surat dated January 3rd, 1645, 
to the East India Company which gives, as appears to. Mr. 
Foster, the true story of Boughton’s deputation to Agra. 
There it is stated that one Gabriel Boughton, late chirurgeon 
of the Hopewell, was nominated by the Council to go to Agra 
as Asalat Khan had long importuned us to supply him with 
(a) chirurgeon. Nothing is here said about the fire-incident ; 
it is not clear whether the concession granted by the Prince 
was to the Company or, as it appears more likely, to Boughton 
himself. At the conclusion of his paper Mr. Foster has drawn 
attention to a report made to the Court on September 4th, 1674, 
