I was in Kaira working in the midst of 7 lakhs of agriculturists.

[Footnote 24: The Nawab, in July, 1756, extorted three lakhs from the French and even more from the Dutch.]

The Seedee of Jinjeera, who styled himself the Mogul's Admiral, received a yearly subsidy of four lakhs for convoying the fleet, a duty that he was quite unable to perform against European desperadoes.

In August, 1691, a ship belonging to the wealthy merchant, Abdul Guffoor, was taken at the mouth of the Surat river, with nine lakhs in hard cash on board.

Of course police stole lakhs of rupees worth of clothes and furniture and said it was infected.