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DEAN MAHOMET.
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LETTER XXVI.
DEAR SIR,
AT a ſmall diſtnce from Surat lies Bombay, an iſland ſo ſituate,as to form one of the moſt commodious bays perhaps the world; from which diſinction it received the denomination of Bombay, by corruption from the Portugueſe Buon bahia. The harbour is ſpacious enough to contain any number of ſhips, has excellent anchoring ground; and by it's circular poſition, can afford them a land-locked ſhelter againſt any winds; to which
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