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CC-H.771.034
28 May-4 Jun 1771:21,22 (336)
Extract of a letter from an officer at Bengal, dated
Calcutta, Sept. 4. You will undoubtably receive very
shocking accounts of the famine that has made such terrible
ravages in the province of Bengal, Bahear, and Oriza, nay
throughout all Indostan. . . [14 more lines describing the
death and suffering caused by the famine.] Balls, concerts,
and all public entertainments ought to subside at this time
of general scarcity; but I am sorry to say they have not;
and under the doors and windows of these places of
amusements lie many dead bodies, and others again in all the
agonies of death, despair and want. [18 more lines
describing hopes for a plentiful harvest and noting the
price of grain "begins to be cheaper." Also mentions
scarcity of cash in Bengal.]
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