Copy of a fragment of a letter received by Charles Wedel Jarlsbergfrom Banks, 22 March 1797 (Series 73.049) - No. 0001

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in the Continent of India I mean Bengal &c I do not find that the use of the Compas was known before the arrival of Europeans if it was the memory of their own manufacture seems to be lost as their Traders now use no other Compasses than these they purchase from Europeans