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specting boats, and they are not yet furnished. 
It will take some time to arrange and prepare 
our baggage. 
B. The boats will be supplied without loss 
of time.” 
The question put to me, asking my opinion 
respecting the propriety of sending an embassy 
to Bengal, and the reply given to it, excited 
some uneasiness in the Atwenwuns; and after 
an interval of at least half an hour, they renewed 
the subject. 
“ B. When we requested your opinion re¬ 
specting sending a mission to Bengal, we 
wanted only your private sentiments upon the 
subject. We did not mean that we should act 
upon your opinion, for we have already de¬ 
cided that an embassy is to be sent. Much, 
you know, depends upon the manner in which 
such a question is put, and the tone in which 
the words are delivered.— E. My public and 
private sentiments upon such a subject must 
be exactly the same. The more frequently you 
send ambassadors to Bengal the better. Mis¬ 
sions from you will be considered by us as 
marks of your friendship. What favours your 
ambassadors are to ask when there, and what 
points they are to discuss, are subjects upon 
