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taller, thinner, and not marked with the small pox ; yet there is an 
expression of fierceness in his countenance, which renders him by 
no means so pleasing as his brother. On Lord Wellesley's arrival, 
he sent to request he might be permitted to meet his Excellency on 
the river; yet when the visit of ceremony was paid to him, he 
never advanced to meet his Lordship, but continued seated in the 
verandah, till the Persian secretary, Mr. Edmonstone, was sent in to 
fetch him out. On Mr. Ncave's afterwards asking his chief confi- 
dential servant, what he could mean by such absurd and incon- 
sistent conduct, he replied, " he has the wind of royalty in him, 
and does not know whether he stands on his head or his feet." 
His questions were uninteresting, but he laughingly proposed to 
accompany me himself to Agra and Delhi. I have no doubt he 
would be very glad to take such a step. When he was building his 
house, in clearing out one of the wells two large copper-plates were 
discovered, fastened together by a seal-ring of the same metal. For 
these I enquired, but was informed they were not in the house, 
but should be sent to me in the course of a few days. I made my 
visit as short as possible, and received the dresses on trays, and gave 
him, as did Mr. Neave, an additional nazur of two mohurs. He 
suffered me to rise without stirring from his seat, but on a hint from 
Mr. Neave immediately handed me to the head of the steps, where 
he presented me with paun and attar. His allowance being so 
much smaller than his brothers, his appearance is less splendid. 
He was dressed in white satin, fined with pink silk. No guards 
appeared, but his hunting equipage and drums were waiting 
without the gate of the garden. I observed several very venerable 
looking eunuchs, and other servants in attendance, both here and at 
