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The Mahrattas were mafters of this city till 'July 1773, ^^'hea 

 it was taken by our Bombay army, commanded by that mofl 

 able and popular officer Colonel V/edderbiirne^ who fell before 

 the walls by a fliot from a murdering Ipecies of mufquet, called 

 z. gicinal\ it is heavier and longer than the common, and has a 

 larger bore, and placed on a reft for the fake of a furcr aim -. 

 The natives can hit an orange with it at a hundred and fifty 

 yards diftance. The place was immediately after taken by 

 itorm, and the moft horrible exceffes committed by the troops 

 in revenge of the death of their commander. Barocbia was 

 added to the BritiJJo empire by the treaty of Boonah^ but in 17S2 

 was ceded to Madajee Sindia, a Mahratta chieftain t, in reward 

 for his affifting us to make an advantageous peace, of which 

 we were very undeferving. 

 The NERBfD- The Nerbudda flows in Lat. 23° 10', Long. 82° 10', out of the 

 fame lake with the Saone, and after running full ^^ytw hundred 

 miles with a courfe nearly due weft, falls into the fea near Ba- 

 roch'ia. The Saone flows out of the eaftern end of the lake, and 

 taking an eaftern courfe, falls into the Ganges, in Lat. 25° 40', 

 and fo forms a complete iiland of the fouthern part of Hin- 

 doofran. It is alfo the fouthern boundary of the diviiion called 

 Hlndoojlan Proper, as it is the northern of the Deccan. That 

 v.ord fignifies the fouth, and is corrupted from the antient 

 Hindoo word DachanoSy which has the fame interpretation. 

 .Arrian, in his Mar. Erytbr. ii. 171, mentions a great tract, 

 ftretching from Barygaza fouthward, called Dacbinabades. 



* Wars in A fin, i. 504. f To be farther mentioned. 



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