LETTER CCCCXXIII.
To GHÛLÂM HYDER, AUMIL of BANGALORE; dated 9th YOOSÛFY.
(4th January 1787.)

THE account, stating you had strictly prohibited the distilling and vend­ing of spirituous liquors, and had, moreover [in pursuance of the same object], made the whole body of vintners enter into written engagements [to desist from selling such liquors], is understood. You must make the distillers execute a similar engagement, and then oblige them to take up some other occupation.