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worn, but from the level of the ground, not above seven feet at most. From the place, where the deceased woman stood, to the place where Whyatt stood, might have been fifteen or sixteen yards more or less. I believe Whyatt could not see the woman. There is no trifling balance due from me to the prisoner, but a considerable sum due from him to me. I do not upon my oath, owe him some thousand rupees: let him produce his papers, and prove a debt, I am able to pay him. I owe him nothing. There were English surgeons at Patna: but the Musselmens will not touch European medicines. I was not obliged to force her to take them. I asked her, if she would take them: she said, no; she should “lose her cast.” I applied to Mr. Mercer, and she had midwives to attend her; such succor and nourishment, as woman in her situation, generally have, she had. She never was my slave. I never saw Whyatt from the time when I saw him before Mr.