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out of his hands. Prevailed on by his earnest and repeated solicita¬ 
tion, I am induced to say for him, that in your justice and favour are 
his only hopes of relief from his embarrassments; and he humbly sup¬ 
plicates your protection in restoring, and securing him in the posses¬ 
sion of his invaded rights. The liberty of this intercession, I am con- 
dent to think, would be forgiven, were it not in favour of one who has 
Tendered various useful services to this government; but though of 
trivial importance, it affords also an authentic instance, of the en¬ 
croaching disposition of inferior Zemeendars. Yet another circum¬ 
stance it may not be improper to point out; that the ground alluded 
to, is a part of the land situated on the western bank of the river, 
opposite to Calcutta, which was formerly granted, under a sunnud of 
this government, to Teshoo Lama, for the foundation of a place of 
worship, and as a resort for those pilgrims of his nation, who might 
occasionally make visits to the consecrated Ganges. 
Having, in conformity to your commands, done my best endeavours 
literally to translate all the information Poorungheer could give me, I 
have now to apologize for the prolixity of the account, in which I 
have been induced to be particularly minute, as I conceived that every 
circumstance, however trivial, might in some degree be interesting, 
which tends to illustrate any trait in the national character of a people 
with whom we are but recently become acquainted, and with whom, 
in its extended views, it has been an object of this government to 
obtain a closer alliance. 
I will not now presume to intrude longer on your time, by adding 
any observations, or conjectures, deducible from the elevated impor- 
