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amount. Colonel Scott sent the proper enquiries in my name after 
the health of the Prince Mirza Sulimaun Shekoo, son of the King of 
Delhi, who resides here under the protection of the English, on 
an allowance that renders his situation perfectly comfortable. He 
gives himself infinitely more airs than his nephews at Benares, and 
I had some reason to suspect there might be a difficulty in arranging 
the ceremony of my visit. Every thing, however, is settled, and 1 
am to have the honour of presenting my nazur on the 31st instant. 
March 57 .-—Attended by Colonel Scott and Mr. Salt, I proceeded 
to breakfast with the General Mirza Mahomed Ally, second son 
and prime minister to the Nawaub Vizier. He resides at a palace 
on the banks of the Goomty, called Hussein Bang. It has a very 
good garden, surrounded by a wall and terrace with pavilions. 
At one end is a garden-house, with a piece of water in front. He has 
newly whitewashed the whole, and given it a perfect repair. We 
were received with the usual compliments, and after breakfast the 
same presents were tendered as at his father's, the identical elephant, 
horse, and palanquin having been sent by his Excellency. I de- 
clined all but the shawls. The General then led me to a different 
part of the garden, where were a pair of carriage-horses, w hich he 
earnestly pressed me to accept as a trifling mark of his respect and 
regard, and which were by no means a part of the present of cere- 
mony, which, as I must have perceived, was complete without them. 
I felt pleased by the attention, and assured him that I would with 
pleasure have taken them, were it not that they would be totally 
useless, as I had no carriage of my own, and Mr. Paul had a super- 
abundance of both. He was satisfied with my reasons, and we 
parted very graciously. 
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