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 176 THE COMPANY AND THE KING pany, ties " u while ready to gratify the royal love of " varie- by the gift of a leopard or other strange Indian TRAVELLING SNAKE-CHARMERS AT 8URAT. beast, was not to be squeezed of hard cash. But his courtiers discovered more subtle means. The Company imported saltpetre, and this could not be sold till his