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our army to what Ballagee expeded, that he pUindered fome of 

 his villages, but a threat from Mahomet Cawn put an end to 

 his excefles. 



From hence the march pointed towards the Nerludda^ fee Nirbuma. 

 vol. i. p. 72. It was made through a difficult country, through 

 numbers of narrow pafTes ; they lead to Hupiabad Ghaut, a 

 long defcent, bounded on each fide by a chain of rude and 

 lofty mountains, conducting to the banks of the famous river. 

 The bottom is fandy, intermixed with rocks, the breadth not 

 exceeding that of the Jumnab at Calpee, the depth at this time 

 only three feet. On January i6th, 1779, the army w^ent to- 

 wards Charkeerah ; the country mofl: of the way covered with 

 grain as far as could be feen, efpecially wheat, the ears of 

 which were juft formed. 



From the Nerbuddah, at this place, to the province of Berar, 

 was only fourteen miles. The death of Mr. Elliott had fuf- 

 pended the negotiation with the Rajah of Berar. It had 

 httn iliU carried on between him and the Governor General. 

 The high charader of Colonel Goddard had reached the ears 

 of Mocdagee ; he fent a confidential perfon to him: the diftance 

 to Nagpou"/', his reiidence, was too great for the Colonel to go 

 in perfon. He fent there his fecrctary, Mr. IFatber/lon, a gen- 

 tleman of ability and fidelity, fully inftruvSed in the bufinefs 

 he was charged with. The march was continued, and after 

 pafling the Nerbuddah, the army entered the province of Can- 

 deijh at Hurdab, The courfe lay obliquely fouth-weftwardly, to- Hurdah. 

 wards the river "Taptee, vol. i. p. 75, all the way fertile, and ex- 

 ceeding rich in wheat. Near Charwab, Colonel Goddard had in- 



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