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The natives of thefe parts feem to have been moft complete 

 barbar talis. A Captain Monro, a man of great bravery, and a moft 

 adlive and worthy officer, and I prelume of diftinguiflied pi^ty, 

 having been alio appointed chaplain to the brigade, was charged 

 with a fmall detachment to efcort certain neceffaries for feveral 

 officers. He was attacked by about two hundred native cavalry, 

 wounded, and taken prifoner. Notwithftanding his entreaties, 

 they perfifted in cutting him down ; they then robbed and 

 left him for dead. He came to himfelf, and was taken im- 

 der tlie care of a pious Brabmin^. who took him to a fmall 

 fort, and treated him with all humanity : the favages difco- 

 vered his afylum, butchered him in cold blood, and cut off" his 

 head. 



The march was now continued through a hoftile country, 

 and force or deceit alternately pradlifed. The new friends, the 

 two Sings, both turned againft us. On Aiiguft i6th the Colonel, 

 reached Rajah-Ghur,2i palace feated on the fide of a high hill, fur- Rajah-Ghur, 

 rounded with high walls, pierced with innumerable loop holes, 

 and handfomely ornamented within and without. A large town 

 extended itfelf on a plain on one fide. About two miles diftant 

 is the river Cane, very rapid, and full of rocks, great ftones, and River Cane. 

 flumps of trees ; the channel is fix hundred yards over, filled 

 with water only in the rainy feafon. On the banks of this river 

 the enemy aflTembled a moft formidable force, in hopes of cut- 

 ting off our fupplies. Captain Po/'Z'^;^^, who had fo diftin- 

 guifhed himfelf by the taking of Gzvalior, was directed to dif-^ 

 perfe them, which he did moft effectually. 



On October the 3d, Colonel X^/V died of a bilious fever at Colonel Leslie 

 Rajah-Ghur, after having, from May 19th to October 3d, pro- 

 *. ceeded 



DIES 



