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DEAN MAHOMET.
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LETTER XI.


DEAR SIR.

OUR ſtay in Calcutta was ſo ſhort, that I have been only able to give you ſome account of the town, forts, and environs; and am con= cerned that I could not contribute more to your entertainment, by a deſcription of the manners of the people, as we received too ſudden orders to march to Barahampore, where we arrived in the year 1773, having met with no extraordinary occurrence on the way. The cantonments here are ſituate on the banks of the river Bohogritee, and

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