these people, who never lose sight of us, and who have a crowd of subordinates to keep in order, who do not understand a word we say. If Major drives me into taking a stranger I think I shall make it a condition that the new man shall write my journal to you. It is the only real action of my life that I contrive to perform for myself, and in another year I should hardly be up to it in the hot season. Besides, I am sure the change will be amusing to you. And in the meantime I trust the nazir will come to life again. Major has written now to the resident at Dacca to find out.
We had some few letters of January and the first week in February and a newspaper of February 15. The ministers seem to be making a good start, which is satisfactory. All our next letters must be quite novelties, as we have now passed the date of any overland packet.
There never was such a day; we had nothing like it last year. Even in the evening we were for the first time unable to bear the
