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DEAN MAHOMET
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gates of which there, are ſentinels placed, to keep off the people and clear the paſſage for the Gentlemen; I however got admittance, on account of the reſpect the guards paid my father's family. The Gentlemen go to the palace between ſeven and eight o'clock in the evening, take tea and coffee, and frequently amuſe themſelves by forming a party to dance; when they find themſelves warm, they retire to the palace yard, where there are marquees pitched for their reception; here they feat themſelves in a circular form, under a ſemiana, a fort of canopy made of various coloured double muſlin, ſupported by eight poles, and on the ground is ſpread a beautiful carpet; the Raja ſits in
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