8 ዓ 8 औदन-ब्रिड) । an episode called the "Raj-shooya Jujnum" with a terrible battle and “a” that.” Adieu ! My Bp's College friends have beaten you. To your “18” they have “25.” Dost comprehend ? eh ? নিম্নসন্নিবিষ্ট পত্ৰখানি ভূদেব মুখোপাধ্যায় মহাশয়কে লিখিত। ভূদেব বাবু, এই সময়, সিনিযববৃত্তি পরীক্ষায় উত্তীর্ণ হইয়া, কলিকাতা মাদ্রাসায় শিক্ষকতা করিতেছিলেন । 死*冈 列函 MADRAS, 27th May, 1849. MY DEAR BIOODEB, Having a few moments to spare, I sit down to devote them to one of the pleasantest tasks I could think upon, namely, writing to you. When I received your thrice welcome letter, I was too busy to reply. The conception, birth and growth of a new Poem have hitherto deprived me of that plea sure, -for pleasure it is, I swcar to you This same new Poem is not entirely finished. I have just got upwards of (2 or I3 hundred good, bad and indifferent verses, yolept the heroic. More of this anon. Now, my dear fellow, I hope you know that silence is, in some cases, more expressive than the loudest shandy, because I don't mean to trumpet out the joy, I feel, at the resurrection ( so to call it) of our friendship. Have you-Oh have you recived the d-d"Captive Ladie'? By Doorga-I am mad with vexation. Ffyou
