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sell themselves for bread in eastern countries; it has been practised 

 from the time of Joseph until the present period. The Egyptians 

 sold themselves and their possessions to Pharaoh, to save their lives 

 during a grievous famine; and in the code of Hindoo laws is a 

 provision for the poor wretches who from the same cause might be 

 reduced to the same dreadful necessity. " Whoever having re- 

 " ceived his victuals from a person during the time of a famine, and 

 " hath become his slave, upon giving to his provider whatever 

 " he received from him during the time of the famine, and also 

 " two head of cattle, may become free from his servitude." Re- 

 specting this kind of slavery among the Jews, the Mosaical law, 

 with the sweetest breathings of humanity, thus enjoins the Israelites: 

 " If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold 

 " unto thee, he shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee; and then 

 " shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and 

 " shall return unto his family; and unto the possession of his fa- 

 " thers shall he return: for they are my servants which I brought 

 " forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond- 

 " men. 



During our stay at Cambay the nabob invited us to pass an 

 evening at a summer palace, called Dil-Gusha, which means the 

 Heart's Delight, literally the exhilaration or expansion of the heart; 

 a name in the Persian language somewhat synonimous to Sans- 

 Souci, the favourite retreat of Frederick, king of Prussia; although 

 in all respects on a more limited scale than that royal residence, 

 which I have since visited. Dil-Gusha is contiguous to the city, 

 and being the spot in which the nabob then most delighted, the 

 pavilions and gardens were kept in good order, while his other 



