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rous and affable, and on most occasions hu- 

 mane; however, the latter qualification may 

 be much doubted,, for so contradictory were 

 his actions, that much may be said on both 

 sides. 



I have been credibly informed that he has 

 been known, to amuse himself with firing 

 ball from the fort of Allahabad at pots of 

 water carried on the heads of persons, passing; 

 to and from the river Jumna. Although an 

 excellent marksman, he on these occasions, 

 shewed great want of feeling ; for to promote 

 his own amusement, he thus shamefully 

 exposed to great hazard the lives of the peo- 

 ple who carried the water pots: of this he 

 himself was sensible, as appears by the obser- 

 vation which he has been known to make 

 <e that it was of little consequence if he killed 

 " any one, having plenty of subjects in his 

 " country.'* 



I once witnessed on the line of march be- 

 fore described, his stopping at a tank [pond 



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