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immediately presented his watch; and the Chinese, in return, 

 gave him an old iron seal, saying, " Take this seal ; it is one I 

 have long used, and possesses no intrinsic value : but as you are 

 going to India to look after your outstanding concerns, should 

 Fortune further persecute you, draw upon me for any sum of 

 money you may stand in need of, seal it with this signet, sign il 

 with your own hand, and I will pay the money." 



The Macao ships did not arrive during our stay at Telli- 

 cherry, consequently we had not the pleasure of meeting Mr. 

 C — , whose commercial concerns turning out advantageously, he 

 returned to Europe with an independent fortune. On inquir- 

 ing the name of the generous Chinese, I was informed it was 

 Chinqwa. It is a name which deserves to be recorded on a 

 rock of adamant, and an action which will ennoble him for 

 ever. 



With this triumph of virtue, before I close this little selection 

 from an oriental correspondence, it may be equally proper to 

 mention the downfal of prosperous vice. Lullabhy, the opulent 

 banian of Baroche, so often mentioned in these memoirs, and 

 lately introduced as an oppressive zemindar, and the murderer of 

 the unfortunate Rhaman, when he had nearly reached the pinnacle 

 of his ambition and accumulated wealth, sufficient even to gratify 

 a rapacious Mahratta chief, was seized on one of those ready pre- 

 tences in an oriental durbar, his immense property was confiscated, 

 and himself banished to a distant fortress, not celebrated for the 

 goodness of its water. There, either by the change of beverage, 

 or some speedier method, he fell a sacrifice to his crimes. 



