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Rh the incident in after days, always maintaining that it was Mahomed Moshin's magnanimous conduct that had saved him from sinking into still lower depths of crime.

Mahomed Moshin, however, was not content with these small acts of charity. He was anxious that his great wealth should be put to good uses after his death, which he knew now could not be far off. With this object, on April the 26th, 1806, he signed a Deed of Trust, setting apart the whole of his income for charitable purposes in perpetuity. This deed is now preserved among the treasures of the Imambara at Hooghly, on one of the walls of which facing the river, a copy of it in English has been inscribed, so that all who pass may read of the charity of Mahomed Mohsin. The will runs—

'I, Hajee Mahummud Moshin, son of Hajee Fyzoollah, son of Agha Fuzloollah, inhabitant of Bundur Hugli, in the full possession of all my senses and faculties, with my own free will and accord, do make the following correct and legal declaration. That the Zumeendaree of Purgannah Qismut Sueedpore, &c. appendant to Zillah Jusur, and Purgunnah Sobhnal also appendant to the Zillah aforesaid, and one house situated in Hooghly, (known and distinguished as Imambara) and Imambazar, and Hât [Market] also situated in Hooghly, and all the goods and chattels appertaining to the Imambara agreeably to a separate list; the whole of which