162 Lieut. -Colonel Brig as' Trnnslatio7i of tht 



From the same to the same. 

 " If accusation is to stand in the stead of proof, without any enquiry, 

 " what can be done ? Under his Highness sucli lias not hitherto been the 

 " practice ; nor ought it to be so now. Some proof or evidence should 

 " surely be adduced. There ought to be some regard for common justice ; 

 " but in this instance there is none. Very well, be it so. If you choose 

 " to send for me, do so. I conclude Hari Pant has told you all, but I 

 " have had no reply from you." 



From the same to the same. 



" I formerly gave the long agreement witli Dada Sahib into the hands 

 " of Appaji Pant, I now send the other agreement and another paper. It 

 " can be of no use for me to retain these documents, under existing circum- 

 " stances. Let me know if any thing important has occurred lately." 



Although the Pcshwa was, on the whole, better during the rainy season, 

 he by no means tliought he should recover ; but he availed himself of his tem- 

 porary convalescence to cause his will to be drawn up by his faithful friend 

 Nana Farnevis, and it still exists in his hand- writing. The following is a copy. 



" Tewur, 30th of August 1772. 



" 1. It is my wisli that the wliole of the cash in dejiosit with Madhaji 

 " Pant Gunuji * be applied to the liquidation of the principal of the public 

 " debt, and that the public money in liand be also applied to the same 

 " purpose. 



" 2. The inhabitants both of the Concan and the Desh (upland country) 

 " have suffered much on account of the revenues being farmed. I therefore 

 " desire that those persons who have sustained injury by this measure, may be 

 " indemnified, after a minute investigation of the abuses which have taken 

 " place, in order that justice may be done to my subjects. 



" 3. It was the wish of my revered father to obtain possession of Prayag 

 " (Allahabad) and Benares. I have always had the same desire. It is my 

 " will, therefore, that these places may now be obtained, either by exchange 

 " or otherwise, as may be expedient. 



" 4. I beg that my venerable mother, who wishes to go to Benares to 

 " reside, may be permitted to do so. 



* This person was Madhu Rao's preceptor when he was a child ; he afterwards became 

 his domestic priest ; and was his private treasurer. The money in his hands was, in fact, the 

 privy purse which he bequeatlis to the state. 



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