122 Lieut. -Colonel BnicGs' Translaimi of the 



" cash mentioned in your lettei" has been despatched ere this time. Bills 

 " have been drawn on you for 75,000 rupees, which I beg, after commu- 

 " nicating with my uncle, may be paid as they fall due ; if any difficulty 

 " should be made, I shall lose my character. The money has been already 

 " advanced to us by the bankers in this quarter, so it is of the utmost 

 " importance to the credit of our camp-bankers that the money should be 

 " paid punctually, under any circumstances. This sum must not be deducted 

 " from that which you are sending to me. If it is true, as I hear, that 

 " some balances are due to the farmers of revenue of last year, it must be 

 " ascribed to the consequences of the war in this quarter. You must 

 " persuade them not to urge for repayment just now ; but, if you can, 

 " endeavour to raise a loan from them, and at all events induce them to pay 

 " their future instalments punctually." 



The following is another letter of the same date, written in Madhu Rao's 

 own hand : 



" 12th of August 1764. 



" The following is the state of affairs in this quarter : — Hyder Naic is 

 " now in Hungul ; his troops are much dispirited, and quit him daily, par- 

 " ticularly his infantry. He has at present from ten to twelve thousand 

 " regular infantry, besides about two or three thousand cavalry. It is on 

 " his regular infantry and guns he places his whole dependence ; his 

 " cavalry will not remain long with him, and those in his camp at present 

 " are preparing to come over to me. With regard to my own troops, we 

 " are principally in want of supplies ; provisions are dear, and a great deal 

 " of distress prevails. Forage, however, is still abundant. The cash you 

 " mentioned is not yet come. Pray let us have it quickly ; it is impossible 

 " to say how much it is wanted." 



Other letters, dated the 21st and 22d of August ; and the 3d, 5th, and 

 15th of September, are all in the same strain ; want of money, and the 

 necessity for limiting the military equipments of Ragoba at Poona. 



On the 27th of September 17(34<, Madhu Rao writes to Nana Farnevis in 

 his own hand : 



" I have received your letter, and read it with great attention, particularly 

 " the part regarding Purandhar, and that stating the negociations to be 

 " in the hands of Tryambac Rao Marna. 



" You write that my uncle has been unwell. Let me hear how he is at 

 " present, and when he intends coming to this quarter." 



