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 dictate furthur solicitude about the matter. But Col. did not desist from his benevolent purpose, because he met with some obstacles: for he wished to overcome them. He sought opportunities of informing the understanding of the people on the nature of the crime. Ву dicussing the subject frequently in the public Cutcherry (the Court of Justice) and exposing the enormity of the practice, as contrary to the precepts of religion, and the dictates of nature, every Caste came to express an abhorrence of Infanticde; and the obstinate prejudices of the Jarejahs began to be shaken. And what was the result? Within twelve months of the date of the foregoing letters, Jarejah himself and ’s Mother, and, formaly abjured the practice of infanticide, and were soon followed by the Jarejah fathers, who brought their infant daughters to Col. ’s tent, and exhibited them with pride and fondness. Their mothers and nurses also attended on this interesting occasion. True to the feelings which are found in other countries to prevail so forcibly, the emotions of nature exhibited were extremely moving. The mothers placed the infants in the hands of Col., calling on him to protect what he alone had taught them to preserve. These infants they emphatically called children.