On this scale, which is in every respect insufficient for my maintenance, they pay _the pitiful allowance only when it is their pleasure to do it_.

My situation has for years past been increasing in wretchedness to a degree that _I am in want of daily bread, and my servants and animals are dying of hunger.

My distresses are so great that I have not been able to pay a daum to the surgeons for the cure of my wounds; and they, too, are discouraged from affording me their assistance or furnishing me with medicines_.

How, then, is it possible for me to exist?
Considering you as my patron, participating in my afflictions, I have represented the circumstances concerning my situation; and I hope, from your friendship, that you will honor me with a favorable answer." XLVII.

The Resident, Bristow, did also receive a strong application from three others of the brethren of the reigning sovereign, called Mirza Hyder Ali, Mirza Ennayut Ali, and Mirza Syef Ali, representing their very pitiable case, in a letter of the 9th of March, 1783, in which, among other particulars, are contained the following.
"Our situation is not fit to be represented.