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...missing. To begin with, the first space for January 1763 is completely blank. This could be an example of British understatement. Or, judging by what Williams chooses to include in his listings for, say, July 1763-"Mir Kasim of Murshidabad, defeated by Thomas Adams and deposed, takes refuge in Oudh"-it may simply be a case of rushing an unfinished manuscript into print...
...India the natives, naïvely do sometimes hold That savage elephants are sobered, (so at least I have been told) By a camel's bitter biting of their thin ears flapping fold. Once from Agra and from Oudh, all the people came to feast And to stand in glamorous gazing at grandees from out the East. Allahabad's ancient altars, Allah ruled, were not the least. . . . Oboe outbursts blatted blithely, beating drums too, bellowed near. Bedizened elephants and camels, caused a ringing round of cheer. This was time for fun and feasting, flout all thought of foolish...
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