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DEAN MAHOMET.
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| Comedan ſignifies | a Captain |
| Subidara | Lieutenant |
| Jemidar | an Enſign |
| Howaldar | a Serjant |
| Homaldar | a Corporal |
| Seapoy | a prirvate Soldier |
| Tombourwalla | a Drummer |
| Baſeewalla | a Fife |
| Trooheewalla | a Tmupeter |
The Seapoys are compoſed of Mahometans and Hindoos, who make, no other diſtinſtion in their exterior appearance, than that the Hindoos colour each ſide of the face and forehead with a kind of red paint, produced from the timber of the ſandal tree. The dreſs of both; is a thin muſlin ſhirt, a red coat in uniform, a turban, ſaſh, and ſhort
trouſers.
