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importunity the patience…. are finding of assistance by these religious mendicants, the character, which must be considered a very venial offence. the on which and just a which no in But acts like the scorpion’s sting on its possessor, and the temporary and trifling advantage which England by her cruel and treatment of India, will, in, effect on the persecutor. letic in person, of very dark complexion, and coarse savage features; in tem-per they are sullen; dissipated in their habits, being slaves to excitement produced by fermented liquors; and tyrannical and revengeful in disposition. Without restrictions of any distinct religion … the most revolting part of their savage degeneracy exists in the almost indiscriminate connexions or marriages which take place between members of the same family, and the neglect of other decencies, which form the most distinctive line between humanity and the brute creation. 66