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DEAN MAHOMET.
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cer, forgot his dangers in the indulgence of his pleaſures.
Such was the iſſue of the war with the unhappy Raja Cheyt—ſing, whoſe humility and ſufferings cannot be better deſcribed than in his own words; thus, expreſſing himſelf in a letter to the Governor, when he was arreſſted by his order, he ſays, "Pity me, I pray you, in remem brance of the ſervices done by my father, and in confideration of {my youth and inexperience: whatever may be your pleaſure, do it with your own hands—-and as I am your have, what occaſion can there be for a guard?—-It depends on you alone to deprive me, or not, of the country of my an-
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