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DEAN MAHOMET.
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LETTER XVIII.
DEAR SIR,
YOU will now expect from me, an account of the Hindoos, the natives of this century; who are claſſed into four tribes, namely, Bramins, Sittri, Bice, and Sudder. The Bramins, or firſt claſs, which are eſteemed the moſt ancient and, honourable, are the Prieſts, the Inſtructors and Philoſophers: the, Sittri, or ſecond claſs, are the military, who are entruſted with the defence and government of the ſtate; in war, the ſoldiers who fight it's battles; in peace, the magiſtrates
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