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of Aurungzebe their empire has been dissolved ; the 
treasures of Delhi have been rifled by a Persian robber, 
and the richest of their kingdoms is now possessed by 
a company of Christian merchants, of a remote island 
in the Northern Ocean.” * 
* Decline and Fall, vol. xii. pp. 44, 5, 6. 
