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the European and native merchants settled at Bombay; totally 
independent and unconnected with the trade of the East India 
Company. The exports consisted of English woollen-cloths of 
every description; with copper, iron, lead, and other European 
staples, purchased at the Company’s sales by the native merchants, 
both at Bombay, and from the continent. A great deal of cotton, 
imported in boats from Surat, Earache, Ahmood, and Jamboseer, 
was shipped in large vessels at Bombay for Madras, Bengal, 
and China. The Portuguese from Goa, Damaun, and Europe, 
carried on a trifling trade with Bombay; but the French, Dutch, 
and Danish ships seldom touched there; the American intercourse 
with India was then in its infancy. 
The government of Bombay, in its civil and military depart- 
ments, courts of justice, and other arrangements, was established 
by the East India Company under the royal charter; but the 
system has of late years been so often changed, that I decline 
entering upon the subject. During my residence there, a simple 
and regular system in the different establishments seemed to an- 
swer all the necessary purposes of government, and every thing 
was conducted with order and propriety. 
I never visited Bengal or Madras, but I have been at all the 
settlements subordinate to Bombay, from Ahmed-abad to Anjengo; 
and I can assert, that the character of the English in India is an 
honour to their country : in private life, they are generous, kind, 
and hospitable; in their public situations, when called forth to 
arduous enterprize, they conduct themselves with skill and mag- 
nanimity: and, whether presiding at the helm of the political 
and commercial department, or spreading the glory of the British 
