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Now, my friend, let mc not preach in vain ; knowing you some- 

 times dwell too long on the sombre scene, and indulge a little too 

 much of what is emphatically styled the English malady (happily 

 not very common in this country), it is the duty of friendship to 

 brighten the prospect; and I have no doubt when things are pro- 

 perly represented to Mhadajee Sindia, you will find your situation 

 more pleasant and advantageous. 



" I not only feel for you, but most sincerely do I pity the worthy 

 Afsaram, Dowlat Roy Dessoy, and our former native friends ; in- 

 deed the whole city and purgunna of Baroche claim our compas- 

 sion; because when malice and rapacity, uncontrolled, unite hand 

 in hand, as they do with your two great >ne?i, dreadful must be the 

 consequences. At the same time that I lament the fall of Baroche, 

 I cannot but exquisitely feel for my friends at Dhuboy now suffer- 

 ing under similar calamity. Should Assaram or the Dessoy be 

 allowed to visit you, remember us to them in the kindest manner; 

 not so to their oppressor, who 1 have no doubt will soon fall, and 

 that too from a lofty pinnacle, to make his overthrow the more 

 conspicuous. Such a fate to Lullabhy would not only correspond 

 with the general system of Asiatic policy, but is frequently per- 

 mitted by Providence for the punishment of the culprit, and an 

 example to others. His cruelty to the unfortunate Rhaman indeli- 

 bly marks his character. Nor can all his ostentatious charities, 

 glittering pagodas, and magnificent wells, wipe off the stain of 

 murder, cruelty, and oppression. The tears of the widows and 

 orphans whom he has reduced to that calamity, mingling with the 

 blood of Rhaman, form a different stream, and exhibit a sad con- 



