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Day We Were Kindly Entertained, And The Nabob Gave Mr Edwards 850
Mahmoudies, Thirty Pieces Of Topseels, Ten Of Fine Calicoes, And Other
Things.
The money being to bear the charges of carrying up the present
to the king, who was not willing
We should incur any expence on that
account, and the stuffs as a gratification to those who carried them up.
To the merchants also he gave fifteen pieces of topseels, five to
each, with his chop or licence for our departure, and promises of kind
usage, all this being done in presence of those who brought the
firmaun. The 30th, Mr Edwards and we set out for Amadavar
[Ahmedabad.]
The 2d of December we reached Broach, whence the governor sent a guard
of horse with us to Demylode, and there we had a new escort of horse
and foot to Charmondo;[137] whence we departed on the 7th with
twenty-five soldiers, all notorious thieves, as we afterwards found.
With these we went ten coss, when we pitched our tents in a plain,
barricading ourselves as usual with our carts. While at supper, we had
nearly been assaulted by fifty horse, who passed close by us, but they
found us well provided for our defence, and it appeared that the charge
we carried was well known in all the country through which we travelled.
The 8th we came to Brodera, [Brodrah] and made a present to the
governor, who received it very kindly, and particularly requested to see
our mastiff dog.
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