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" to you a letter from Devanda Madhu of Dowlutabad, which will give you 



" every information necessary to enable you to act in this conjuncture of affairs. 



" Let GoviND SivARAM also be informed of this channel of communication." 



From the same to the same. 



" 25th of April I767. 



" I must have more frequent information relating to my uncle. I have 

 " therefore sent Joxi Crishna from hence to Burhanpur, and attached 

 " several camel messengers to him, by whom he will send me news daily. 

 " I beg of you also to write all that you may hear. I formerly wrote to 

 " you to send Govind Sivaram to my uncle, and I conclude he is gone ; 

 " if not, let him go forthwith. 



From the same to the same. 



" I do not hear now of what my uncle is doing. I write to you con- 

 " stantly on this subject, but you do not manage the intelligence depart- 

 " ment well. Have a post established for the purpose, so as to admit of 

 " my hearing constantly. Have the post established even from beyond 

 " Burhanpur. I trust Govind Sivaram has left Poona long ago ; if not, 

 " you have managed famously, truly ! You know I have written frequently 

 " that he might go ; but as yet I have no intimation of his having actually 

 " gone. Surely this is very strange." 



The following letter from Dadoba Wagolikar, the Peshwa's agent at 

 Indur, to Nana Farnevis, shews the state of affairs at Malwa. The original 

 letter having been forwarded to Madhu Rao in camp, the copy extant is 

 in Nana Farnevis's hand-writing : 



From Dada Wagolikar to Nana Farnevis. 



" 22d of March I767. 



" His Highness Madhu Rao sent me to reside here ; but the chief 

 " (Malli Rao Holkar) died on the 10th of March. Both his widows went 

 " with him (burned with his corpse). 



" Tlie Dowager Ahilya Bhye alone is left. The estates are large. She 

 " talks of retiring to Benares. The minister, Gangadhar Yeswant is here, 

 " but his son Dadaji Gangadhar is with his Highness Ragoba Dada in 

 " this quarter. The minister's son writes, that as his Highness intends to 

 " resume the estates, the dowager and the minister ought immediately to 

 •' go to his Highness's camp, and make up their minds to pay him a large 

 " fine to be allowed to hold them. 



