158 LieuL'Colonel BniGG^ Translation of the 



" MuDHAji Bhosla has seen Tahavur Jeng, and has settled the ghass-dana 

 " (tribute). 



" RuMBAji (Rao Rumba) has gone since I came here. 



" His Highness the Peshwa has been worse during the last three days. He 

 " has been frequently delirious. He is sometimes better, sometimes worse. 

 *' No one knows how to treat his case ; Hukimji (a Muhammedan physician) 

 " has therefore been sent for. He is reputed clever as a physician and a 

 " chemist. His Highness intends moving to Tewur on the 25th February. 

 " We shall see whether he will or not." 



Madhu Rao to Nana ; written by Hari Pant Farkia. 



" 15th of March 1772. 



" You write that my uncle sent for you, and said that Saturday was a 

 " good day for coming here ; that he gave orders to have his equipage 

 " ready; that he wants the horse-carriage (an Englisli coach) to be sent for 

 " him ; that as Crishna Rao was gone, he had fixed on Saturday or 

 " Sunday, and that you would move with him or not, according to the 

 " reply from lience : that if he did come on that day he was desirous 

 " I should go and stay a few days at Poona, after which he would like 

 " to go to tiie Godaveri ; also that if the day fixed was not agreeable 

 " to me, he had no objection to the 28th of March, thirteen days 

 " hence. 



" Saturday is the day fixed on for Bhosla's taking leave ; so that day is 

 " disposed of. The following day is lucky for both — before eight o'clock 

 " in the morning for me, and till sunset for him ; but as it is not so for me, 

 " it will be better we should meet before eight in the morning. If he 

 " accedes to this arrangement, let me know, and you can come with him 

 " at once. 



" The horse-carriage is sent, according to his wishes ; also an elephant 

 " and ambarri (the latter is a seat with a royal canopy over it), besides two 

 " of my own riding liorses. Tell him so. Let me have an answer before 

 " noon to-morrow. If he reaches Kowri before eight o'clock on Sunday, 

 " it will do. If he is later we shall miss the time. You will of course take 

 " care that a suitable escort, both of cavalry and infantry, attends him. 

 « In case he should object to this arrangement, the meeting may be put off 

 « till the 28th March," 



