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Shipping expenses on the Hooghly River, 1838
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On 2 January 1755 a group of 25 South Asians lascars embarked on Prince de Conti at Chandannagar.
Along the way, five of them died and one deserted. Another was hired in Port Louis as a replacement.
The 21 remaining lascars disembarked at Port Louis, Île de France, on 26 October 1755.
