114 Lieut.-Colonel Briggs' Translation of the 



compelled to cede territory yielding £27,000 of revenue to the enemy, to 

 prevent the destruction of Poona, in the vicinity of which the Muham- 

 medan army had arrived.* 



Shortly after this peace, the young Peshwa accompanied his maternal 

 uncle Tryambac Rao with an army to the south, to levy tribute in Mysore ; 

 and the following letter to his friend Nana Farnevis, who had remained in 

 Poona, gives us some idea of his character : 



« 1st June 1762. 



" The news here are, that we have succeeded in all our affairs, with the 

 " exception of that of Sera. There has been too little time to effect much ; 

 " for the rains having set in, the Tumbhadra swelled, and we were pre- 

 " vented doing any thing against Seringapatam this campaign : but we 

 " have accomplished all our wishes on this side of that river. The Crishna 

 " has detained us here for two or three days ; but the head-quarters have 

 " crossed, and the bazar (including camp-suttlers and followers) is gradually 

 " crossing also. I fear we shall however be detained for two days more : 

 " yet I am sanguine that we shall reach Poona by the 12th of June." 



During the young prince's campaign with his maternal uncle, he resolved 

 to adopt a new line of conduct. His mother, Gopika Bhye, an able and 

 ambitious woman, had long cherished enmity against her late husband's 

 brother Ragoba, but more especially against his wife Anandi Bhye, who 

 was more artful, and fully as ambitions as herself. The feeling of hostility 

 which prevailed in the breast of the mother of the young Peshwa was 

 carefully transfused by her into his own ; and the late confidential intercourse 

 which had subsisted between him and his mother's brother Tryambac Rao, 

 decided him in declaring, on his return to Poona, his determination to have 

 a share at least in the management of his own affairs. His uncle Ragoba, 

 and Sakaram Bappu, the most efficient of the ministers, offended at his 

 presumption, and conceiving that the public affairs could not be conducted 

 without them, resigned their offices. Madhu Rao, however, witli the 

 utmost promptitude, formed a new administration, at the head of which was 

 his mother's brother Tryambac Rao, while among his personal and con- 

 iidential secretaries was his friend Nana Farnevis. Ragoba retired to 

 Nasuk, and in a short time appeared at the head of an army of Mahrattas, 

 assisted by the Nizam with a considerable body of his troops ; in return for 



December 1761. 



