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DEAN MAHOMET
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leaſes and other privileges to the Europeans, or thoſe whom they with to ſerve. His Omrahs are extremely tyrannical, and muſt, ſooner or later, by their impolicy, precipitate the ruin of the entire empire. From their oppreſſion it's great metropolis has but few manufacturers, who are obliged to work for any price thoſe tyrants pleaſe to pay them for their labour, which is always conſiderably leſs than the value. This ungenerous treatment has not only compelled the ingenious artiſan to ſeek encouragement elſewhere, and proved the certain means of ſupplying the Engliſh factories with ſkilful workmen, but reduced the people of Delhi to the neceſſity of purchaſing the goods of other

places,