ANECDOTE OF A RAJAH. 105 



relate in return my own anecdote regarding tlie 

 Eajah of Wunpurty, so here goes : — 



''A few miles from Km'nool, within the 

 Hyderabad frontier, stands the town of Wun- 

 pm-ty, the capital of a little territory, whose 

 prince is tributary to His Highness the Nizam. 

 The Rajah is an extraordinary man ; he speaks 

 and writes ten languages, including English, 

 of which he has a fair knowledge, and is very 

 partial to our countrymen, always receiving 

 English travellers on their way through his 

 country with much hospitality. During the 

 late disturbances he has rendered us good ser- 

 vice in maintaining the peace of the country, 

 which he was the better enabled to do by 

 having a small body of well-disciplined horse, 

 foot, and artillery under his command. The 

 infantry, if I remember right, were mostly 

 Seiks, and fine stout fellows they were. The 

 Eajah was very proud of his troops, which were 

 clothed, armed, and disciplined just as well as 

 those of the contingent. They, too, had the 

 highest confidence in their chief, who had re- 

 peatedly led them to victory in encounters with 

 the Rohillas and other predatory bands tliat 

 infest the Hyderabad territory. 



