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Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 5 of 6: From the Revolution to the End of the American War, and Peace of Versailles in 1783; Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History
Holwell, the gpvernor'of Calcutta, on the faith of a fol pnfimcr, dier, that no harm fhould be done to the Englifh. In the m the evening they were commanded to go to a place where the Mad foldiers were confined for trivial faults in the flocks. Not knowing the meaning of this, it only afforded them diver lion for fome time; but at la? they were commanded by a party of the nabob's guard into the Black Hole, a prifon only eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, with only two holes, barricaded with iron bars, to admit the air or light. The effects of this confinement were pathetically defcrib ed by Mr. Holwell the governor, who was confined along with the reit. And, as a detail of this kind, extracted from Mr. Holwcll's publication, has already been given, we ihall here only obferve, that out of one hundred and fifty peo ple confined in this dungeon at eight in the evening, only twenty-two remained alive next morning.
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