In the collection of letters in my possession are many which prove the happiness Lord Clive enjoyed, at this period, in his family; but he was not exempt from severe afflictions. I have before mentioned the loss of an infant boy, when he sailed on his second visit to India. When he left Calcutta in 1760, his youngest boy was so ill, that he could not embark; the child was left in charge of Mr. Fullarton, and died. A daughter, as has been mentioned, was born to Lord Clive after his arrival in England; and Lady Clive, when he sailed, was on the point of being confined again. Footnote 192: Mr. (afterwards Sir Robert) Chambers. Footnote 193: Dr. Nevil Maskelyne is better known as Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich. Footnote 194: Mr. Harry Clive. Footnote 195: Mr. Watts estimated Lord Pigot's fortune at 400,000_l._ It had chiefly been made (according to the same authority) by lending money at high interest to the Nabob, the chiefs, and managers of provinces. This practice was then too common to be considered as in any way discreditable; though it was soon afterwards discovered to be one of the most baneful and injurious to the public interests that the Company could tolerate in any of their servants, but above all, in those high in station. Footnote 196: 21st November, 1764. Footnote 197: Major Carnac, in 1760, came to St. Helena with Lord Clive, and from thence returned to Bengal. Footnote 198: June, 1764. Footnote 199: One of Lord Clive's letters to Mr. Vansittart is dated 17th December, 1762. The passage alluded to is as follows:—"I must again repeat my desire of having a large elephant embarked for his Majesty, if the thing be practicable, of which you must be a better judge than I, who are upon the spot; and if you can send me any curiosities, such as antelopes, hog-deer, nilgows or lynxes, I shall be much obliged to you." Footnote 200: One of the elephants was so large that it could not be embarked. Footnote 201: In this letter, which is dated January, 1764, Lord Clive observes; "I am sorry there should be any mistake about the elephant; and although I was somewhat affected at first at the commission you gave me to present the elephant to his Majesty in your name, instead of my own, yet the thing in itself appears to me to be of too trifling a nature for either of us to think any more about it. Your brother will inform you in what manner Sampson has acted, owing, I believe, to the instigation of Sulivan." Footnote 202: Mr. Walsh writes to Lord Clive, that Mr. Vansittart told him his fortune did not exceed 2,500_l._ per annum. Footnote 203: Afterwards Sir Archibald Campbell, Governor of Fort St. George. Footnote 204: 14th October, 1764. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAP. XIII.