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' enemy's horse having penetrated into the town. The banker offered to 

 ' hire a carriage for us, and to send us to Jayanagar : we gladly accepted 

 ' his proposal, and set off on our journey. At length it occurred to me, 

 ' that the carriage would certainly attract the attention of the enemy's 

 ' horse if they were in the neighbourhood ; so I resolved to quit it and go 



■ on foot. Our party now consisted of three or four Brahmins and five 



■ or six Mahrattas ; and we went on without molestation for seven days, 

 begging our way, and depending on Providence for every meal we ate, 

 till at last we reached Rewari. We found that a great part of the army 

 had already fled by this route. At this place one Banki Rao had been 

 very particular in his inquiries regarding me, as I understood from a 

 number of people I recognized in the town. As I knew nothing of this 

 person, and could not conceive what his intentions were, I was averse to 

 discovering myself, but at length I made myself known to him. He took 

 me instantly to his house, and treated me and all my party with great 

 kindness and hospitality ; he then furnished me with some clothes ; and 

 on its being made known who I was to Ramji Das, a merchant of the 

 place, he came and begged of me to occupy a part of his house. Here I 

 was entertained with great attention for some days. My wish now was to 

 proceed to Deeg and Bhurtpore, but it was requisite to have an escort. 

 At length a wedding-party was going in that direction ; and hiring a 

 carriage, I accompanied it. On the road I was met by Crishna Bhatt 

 Vaidya (doctor), who told me that Viraji Bhawaeikar had saved my 

 wife, and having taken care of her, had left her in the house of Naro 

 Pant Gokla in the village of Jigny, where they had procured for her 

 clothes and all that she required. I accordingly went to Jigny, and was 

 much delighted to find my wife again, for whom I now hired another cai-- 

 riage, and we proceeded to Deeg, where Purushottam Madheo Hirigui* 

 had come from the field of Paniput, and was living in the house of a 

 gomdshta (agent) of Wanoli, who had a banking-office in that town. The 

 moment the agent heard of my arrival he insisted on our going to put 

 up with him, where I remained with my wife for a full month. I found 

 my appetite had increased from my exertions greatly, and there was 

 neither want of clothes nor of good food in abundance. I made every 

 inquiry for my poor mother, but all that I could ever hear of her was 



• Tlicn, and for many years afterwards, the Dehli news-writer of Poona. 



