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426 "The Hon'ble Sir Cecil Beadon.

"My dear Sir,

"About three years ago when I communicated to you my willingness to re-enter the public service on account of the difficulty I was in, and solicited you to do something for me if practicable, you were pleased to say in reply that you would bear my wishes in mind. Since that time my difficulties have assumed a far more serious aspect, and I am compelled, though most unwillingly, to trouble you again with the request for doing something for me, if practicable.

"In March last, you expressed in the course of conversation a wish for appointing a professor of Sanskrit in the Presidency College. If you still entertain that wish, and if you see no objection to my being selected for the appointment, kindly give it to me. But I must say candidly that notwithstanding the serious nature of the difficulties I am in, my vanity would not permit me to serve if the salary, which European professors of that Institution draw, is not allowed to me; the grant of such an indulgence would not be an altogether unprecedented one. The native Judge of the High Court can be pointed out as an instance. With every sentiment of respect and esteem.

"Yours Sincerely Sd. "Isvar Chandra Sarma."

To the above Beadon replied as follows:—

"My dear Pundit,

"I should be glad if I could in any way for-