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..extraordinary anecdote of Ragobah's elephants, .camels, their use in an 

 Indian army. . general description. . Mahratta wealth and state, .behaviour in 

 expectation of a battle, .girdle of battle, for their jewels and papers., her- 

 maphrodites in camp, .their number. . distinguishing characteristics and occu- 

 pation. . improvement in Mahratta tactics, .method of besieging a city.. war 

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Envoy to Ragobah's generals at Copperwange from the English commander in 

 chief, the means of effecting the junction. . march of the allied army towards 

 the enemy, .heat and fatigue. . plague of flies. . country destroyed. . river Saber- 

 matty compared with the Nile. . first engagement with the enemy. . retreat, of the 

 latter. . field of battle. . doubly shocking in a hot climate. . action at Mahter. . 

 behaviour of the enemy. . treatment of spies. . patience of the Hindoos. . Kairah 

 a city in Guzerat, . situation of the peasantry. . Guzerat villages. . country women 

 . .amusements, .adverse change by the war. .action at Hyder-abad. . catastrophe 

 among our allies, .combat between five brothers. . council of war. .march to the 

 south parts of Guzerat. . beauty of the country. . march to Neriad. . history of the 

 Guikwar family. . conduct of Futty Selling and Conda Row. . Neriad laid under 

 contribution. . character of the Bhauts. . their occupation, high estimation, and 

 peculiar customs. . refuse to pay their share of the assessment, .massacre on the 

 occasion. . conduct of the brahmins. . sacrifice of two old women. . poisoned wells 

 ..march to the plains of Arras. . omens. . superstition of the brahmins and astro- 

 logers on reaching Arras. . battle on those plains, .treachery of Hurra Punt., 

 defeat of the enemy, .loss in the English detachment, .loss of the enemy., 

 care of their dead, compared with horrid scenes on the field of battle. . 

 flying hospital. . Ragobah's grant of thirty lacs of rupees, as a donation to 

 the British army.. names of Ragobah..the allied army cross the Myhi..pass 

 of Fazal-poor. . march to Baroche. . beautiful and expensive well., beauty and 

 fertility of the country. . robbers and plunderers, .Thevenot's remarks on that 

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