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 malicious obstacles thrown in his way by a mean Bengali who would remain nameless. Baffled in his attempts he patiently awaited a more favourable moment to machinate against him. When Mr. Dutta returned from abroad in February next year and applied for enrolment at the Calcutta Bar, he again encountered serious difficulties. With the help of some influential patrons, especially Vidyasagar, he at last got himself enrolled as an advocate of the High Court.

Before his arrival Vidyasagar had kept a house furnished in European style for him. Inured to the plenty and comfort of restaurants abroad, he preferred the Spence Hotel. By and by his family returned from Europe, which increased his financial embarrassments. He had no good practice at the bar. He was, beyond doubt, a poet of no mean calibre, being the first to introduce blank verse in Bengali poetry, and his books fetched him good return. This did not suffice. Nursed in the lap