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THE TRAVELS OF
The Raja Sataproy had a very magnificent palace in the centre of. the city of Patna, Where he was accuſtomed to entertain many of their moſt diſtinguiſhed European Gentlemen, with brilliant balls and coſtly ſuppers. My mother's houſe was not far from the. Raja's palace; and the number of Officers paſſing by our door in their way thither, attracted my notice, and excited the ambition I already had of entering on a military life. With this nation, I was always on the watch, and impatiently waited for the moment of their paſſing by our door; when; one evening in particular, as they went along; ſeized the happy opportunity, and followed them directly to the Palace, at the outward
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