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"Secondly, That no Hollocore, Derah, orChandala caste, shall 

 upon any consideration come out of their houses after nine o'clock 

 in the morning, lest they should taint the air, or touch the superior 

 Hindoos in the streets. 



" Thirdly, To encourage sobriety, no person whatever is to distil 

 or sell mowah arrack, or other spirits, to any person whatever. 



" Fourthly, No prostitutes or disorderly women of that descrip- 

 tion shall reside within the walls of Baroche. 



" These appear to be a very extraordinary set of edicts from an 

 oriental governor, and are not likely to conciliate the Mahome- 

 dan and Parsee subjects to their new administration. The former 

 have been accustomed to eat beef from the first conquest of the 

 Moguls, and the latter to drink mowah arrack ; from which, in 

 moderation, they are not prohibited by any religious tenets. As 

 to the poor chandalas and Frass caste, the order seems cruel in 

 the extreme ; but the last respecting the cyprian corps has caused 

 the most astonishment among all classes of society, being per- 

 fectly novel in the system of Asiatic jurisdiction. In consequence 

 of the late conspiracy, mutiny, and confusion, which reigns 

 throughout the city on this cruel change, except in council, I have 

 been generally silent. It would be needless to interfere with mea- 

 sures which we can neither prevent nor redress; and as to the 

 new edicts, I think them totally inconsistent with my ideas of Mah- 

 ratta policy, rapacity, and morality: nor have I a doubt that 

 money well applied at Bascar Row's durbar, will cause a repeal 

 of the whole ; even that relating to the inexpiable sin of eat- 

 ing beef. 



