Hindi (romanized): acchhee saamaajik haisiyat vaali angrej mahilaayein gini-chuni hi thim; 1785 main apane chote bhai ko kanpur se ek patr main shalya-chikitsak jon stfort ne likhaa: yahan zyaadaatar auraten paison ke liye sambandh banane vaali, ludgat hill kii mahilaon kii topi kii dukaan se hai, or kuch to old druri (18veen sadi ke landan ke jane-maane veshyavriti sthal) se bhi hai.
English: British women of good social standing were scarce; in 1785 surgeon John Stewart wrote to his brother from Cawnpore: "Many of the women here are mere adventuresses from Milliners shops on Ludgate Hill and some even from Covent Garden and Old Drury [well-known areas of prostitution in late 18th century London].