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 that inclination, he could easily have shown it in his "Sitar Banavas," one of his best productions. It is said, that in his later years, Vidyasagar intended publishing his "Vasudeva-Charita"; but the manuscript was then missing; he could not find it. After his death, his son, Narayana Babu found it, but quite worn out. No date or year is to be found in it. Most probably it was written sometime between 1842 and 1847. CHAPTER X.

In the course of his tenure of office in the Fort William College, Vidyasagar made an intimate acquaintance not only of European Civilians, but also of many respectable natives of this country. He had, about this time, made himself familiar with Raja Krishna Nath, husband of the munificent Maharani Swarnamayi of Cossimbazar. The officers of the Cossimbazar Raj estate treated him with much respect. In the year 1847, in the deceased Raja Krishna Nath's Will Case, one Nabin Chandra, a witness, deposed in Court to that effect.

Subsequently he had such a familiar acquaintance with the Raj family, and even with Maharani Swarnamayi herself, that he did not feel it humiliating to borrow money occasionally of the Maharani. On the one hand, as Vidyasagar helped the officers of the Raj estate with counsels and in