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 inflexible. The merchant was fastened into a palanquin, placed in a small boat, carried out into the river in front of the Nawāb's house, and thrown palkī and all into the stream, where of course he was drowned." So ends the tale of the Nawāb, the Merchant, and the Palkī.

30th.—Remained at Berhampūr, to write letters, buy silks, also figures of men and animals beautifully carved in ivory, and to procure food.

31st.—Quitted Berhampūr. I have suffered so much during the last twelvemonth from the death of relatives and friends, that I now bid adieu to the past year without regret. May the new one prove happier than the last!