CONTENTS. 



CHAPTElt NIX. 



Encampment at Baroche. .description of that city. . silver mosque. . Bawrhan, . trade 

 . . Nerbudda river. . Hindoo women bathing, .discontent in Ragobah's army., 

 desertion of his troops. . change of measures. . resolution to pass the rainy sea- 

 son in Guzerat. .march from Baroche towards Dhuboy, destined for winter quar- 

 ters. . extreme heat. . extract from Bernier. . night march. . confusion of the enemy 

 . . cause of not more effectually surprizing them. . pass of Bowa-peer. . encamp at 

 Th a in Telow. .sudden setting in of the monsoon, .horrors of the night, .destruc- 

 tion of the camp, and death of persons and cattle by the tempest, .situation in 

 die commanding officer's tent. . rise of the water. . serpents, scorpions, and reptiles 

 in the village huts. . proceed one mile towards Dhuboy. . renew the march. . diffi- 

 culty of getting on the artillery. . winter quarters in Dhuboy. .description of that 

 city. . durbar. . adjutant bird, .encampment of Ragobah's army at Bellapoor. . 

 situation of the country, .journey to Bellapoor. . rise of the Dahder. . inclemency 

 of the weather. . females in Ragobah's zenana. . an intrigue witli Esswant Row. . 

 his execution, and the death of his mistress. . inconveniences of a camp in the 

 rainy season. . miscellaneous remarks. . duplicity and chicanery of the Indians. . 

 comparison between the Asiatic and English character. . cruelty of brahmins., 

 anecdote of their dire revenge. . division of castes. . Mahratta character. . scruples 

 of the Indians respecting food, .story of some palanquin-bearers, on that subject 

 . . anecdote of Narrain Doss. . water for drinking. . scruples concerning it. . vessels 

 for cooling it. . mangos. . Mahratta tents. . illness of the writer. . conclusion of the 

 war. . subsequent fate of Ragobah.. . Memorial relative to a Mahratta army, by 

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Departure from Bombay to England, .regret on leaving India, .sail for the Cape of 

 Good Hope in the Betsy schooner. . Cape Bassos and the coast of Africa. . mer- 

 maids at Mosambique and Mombaz ; various accounts of those creatures. . Melinda 



