86 WESTERN H I N D O O S T A N. 



volved in war with them. In 1783 peace was concluded, at the 

 expence of all the conquefts made by Goddard. We retained only 

 the i{{Qoi Saifette, and a few illes within the gulph oi Bombay, 



The marches of thefe barbarians are admirably defcribed by 

 the author of the memoirs of the late war in Afia, p. 281, voli. 

 It relates to the armies of Ayder AIU, but applies equally to the 

 military of all the powerful chieftains of Ijtdia. " It may," fays 

 the ingenious writer, '* j^erhaps afford fome meafure of grati- 

 *' fication to European curiofity, to be informed that the un- 

 *' difciplined troops of AJia, generally inflamed with bang^ and 

 ** other intoxicating drugs, pour forth, as they advance, a tor- 

 *' rent of menacing and abufive language on their adverfaries. 

 *' Every exprellion of contempt and averfion, every threat, 

 " fitted to make an impreffion of terror, or to excite ideas of 

 *' horror, that cuftom readily prefents, or inventive fancy can 

 " fuggeft, accompanies the utmoft ferocity of looks, voice, and 

 *' gefture. A murmuring found, with clouds of duft, announce 

 " their approach, while they are yet at the dillance of feveral 

 *' miles. As they advance, their accents are more and more 

 " diftindly heard, until at laft, with their eyes fixed and wea- 

 " pons pointed at fome individual, they devote him, with many 

 " execrations, to deftrniftion, giving his flefli, like the heroes 

 ■** in Homer, and the FhUtJline warriors, to the dogs, and the 

 *' birds of the air, and the beads of the field. The numbers of 

 *' the Af.atic armies, the ferocity of their manner, and the 

 *' novelty of their appearance, would unnerve and overcome 

 ** the hearts of the fmall European bodies that are oppofed to 

 " them in the field of battle, if experience had aot fufficiently 



" proved 



