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misery through which they must have passed before they found 

 refuge in death ; besides the misery of all those who loved them, 

 or who depended upon their care. 



" The existence, therefore, of a British government in Bombay, 

 in 1804, has been a blessing to its subjects. Would to God, that 

 every government of the world could with truth make a similar 

 declaration ! 



" Many of you have been, and many will be, intrusted with 

 authority over multitudes of your fellow-creatures. Your means 

 of doing good will not indeed be so great as those of which I 

 have now described to you the employment and the effect. But 

 they will be considerable. Let me hope that every one of you 

 will be ambitious to be able to say to your own conscience, I have 

 done something to better the condition of the people intrusted to 

 my care. I take the liberty to assure you, that you will not find 

 such reflections among the least agreeable or valuable part of that stoi^e 

 zvhich you lay up for your declining years." 



It is impossible to read this statement without admiring the 

 feelings of the heart which dictated it. The last paragraph 

 ought to make a strong impression upon every man who has 

 acted a part on the public theatre of India : to him the concluding 

 words must be peculiarly affecting. Under this idea, I am more 

 emboldened to add the following observations which deeply en- 

 gaged my attention on terminating these memoirs. 



On my first arrival in India, struck with the novelty and ap- 

 parent simplicity of the Hindoo character, I faithfully pourtrayed 

 it to the best of my knowledge. I particularly admired the re- 



