. Sterne's Eliza : some account of her life in India, with her letters written between 1757 and 1774. in valuable effects found in thepirate camp. It was believed at the time that this wasonly a small part of the pirate store, and that the realhoard of treasure was made over to the Mahrattas byAngria. That would have been quite in keeping withMahratta traditions and principles. Whether theyprofited to this large extent is not certain, but they didvery well out of the transaction. In the final settlementthey got Gheriah itself, giving to the British Govern-ment in exchange for it a small territ
. Sterne's Eliza : some account of her life in India, with her letters written between 1757 and 1774. in valuable effects found in thepirate camp. It was believed at the time that this wasonly a small part of the pirate store, and that the realhoard of treasure was made over to the Mahrattas byAngria. That would have been quite in keeping withMahratta traditions and principles. Whether theyprofited to this large extent is not certain, but they didvery well out of the transaction. In the final settlementthey got Gheriah itself, giving to the British Govern-ment in exchange for it a small territory on the KonkanCoast opposite to Bombay, upon which Fort Victoriawas afterwards built. In accordance with custom, all who participated inthe expedition shared in the booty. CommodoreJamess portion was a substantial one, and, added to hispreviously-acquired wealth, it enabled him to retire toEngland in 1758 a rich man. He bought an estate atEltham, but lived mainly at his residence in GerardStreet, Soho, a thoroughfare already consecrated bygreat literary memories, and soon to have, through its. SIR WILLIAM JAMES, BT. MARRIED LIFE f» BOMBAY 37 association with Sterne and Eliza, another leaf addedto its wreath of fame. James was now an important man in Company circlesin England. His personal qualities reinforced hishonourable record as a recommendation to the kind ofdistinction which went with high Indian achievementin those days. He was, above all, genial and com-panionable, had a great store of interesting reminis-cences to draw upon, and, what was perhaps mostimportant in a host, had the gift of making friendsamongst a class whose distinction was intellectualrather than social. A varied and interesting circle ofguests soon gathered about him. In some way or otherSterne became a frequent and honoured visitor. Fromthe rooms the novelist then occupied in Bond Streethe almost daily walked across to Gerard Street to spendsome time with the Jamess. Later he met there be
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