Excerpt from Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English Concerns in Indostan, From the Year 1659: Origin of the English Establishment, and of the Company's Trade, at Broach and Surat; And a General Idea of the Government and People of Indostan In 1741 he was removed from Harrow; and, being intended for the civil fervice In India, was placed in the office of the Ac comptant -general of the African company, that he might be initiated in the theory of commercial tranfaetions. His pro-r gels in this branch of knowledge, obferves one who knew him well, was proportioned to the talents that he had previoufly'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.