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the Arabs, satisfied with the display of valour which 

 they had already made, capitulated on the condition of 

 being allowed to march out with their baggage and private 

 property. 



As none of these transactions could be brought home to 

 Appa Saheb, he was not made responsible for them. On 

 the surrender of Nagpore he was liberated, and received 

 notice of the terms on which he would be allowed to retain 

 his seat on the guddee. These consisted in his being placed 

 entirely on the same footing with the nizam ; having his 

 military force subjected to the control of the company, and 

 even his ministers appointed by them. The rajah expressed 

 his dissatisfaction only by offering to retire altogether on a 

 liberal pension ; but this was not considered admissible. 

 He forthwith began to intrigue, with the view of shaking 

 off this hated dependence. Troops were levied, the govern- 

 ors of fortresses and the mountain-chiefs were instructed 

 to muster their forces, and give every possible annoyance to 

 the English ; finally, a secret correspondence was discovered 

 with Bajee Rao, who, being invited to join his army to the 

 standard of the peishwa, had actually taken steps for that 

 purpose. Mr. Jenkins hereupon deemed it indispensable 

 to call upon Appa to resume his place within the residency; 

 and this not being complied with, a party was sent who 

 effected his arrest, fortunately without having recourse to 

 violence. It is less difficult, however, to seize Indian chiefs 

 than to keep them ; the rajah being mildly treated, and 

 access procured to him by several of his adherents, a plnn 

 was arranged for his escape in the disguise of a sepoy. He 

 went off at two in the morning, and the discovery was not 

 made till daylight ; so that, relays of horses having been 

 provided, all pursuit was vain. As the Pindarce war, how- 

 ever, was now terminated, and Bajee Rao reduced to the 

 last extremity, he was unable to do more than excite desul- 

 tory hostilities in the mountainous districts. The English 

 were thus able, on their own terms, to place on the guddee 

 Bajee Rao, a grandson of Raghojee Bhonslay, while the 

 administration was placed entirely under their own control. 



Since the termination of the Pindaree contest no import- 

 ant event or acquisition has distinguished the history of 

 Bri'fsh power in Hindostan. The only war undertaken on 



