CONTENTS. 



Account of a Mahratta army — composed of various tribes and nations 

 ■ — armour— jemidars — feudal system among the Mahrattas — irre- 

 gularity of the army — encampment — standards — cavalry officers of 

 distinction — rich caparison of the horses — chopdars and heralds — 

 titles of honour — -female names — distinguishing characteristic of the 

 officers — character of Ragobah's chief officers — magnificence of the 

 Indian tents — military character of the Indians — business in the 

 durbar tent — superiority of English tactics — variety of warriors — 

 Mahomedansfrom various countries— JS ujeeb — Rajepoots — Husserat 

 troops — different orders of cavalry — pindarees — bazar— brahmins 

 — superiority of the lowest brahmin over a sovereign of another caste 

 — particulars of a brahmin feast — Mahratta caste calculated for a 

 military life — pleasures and amusements in camp — their wives and 

 children — conduct of a family on a march — provender for cavalry 

 — dancing-girls, plunderers, and marauders of various denomina- 

 tions — number of cattle — horses in great variety —elephants, for 

 state and service — their docility, affection, and sagacity — extraor- 

 dinary 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 — hermaphrodites in camp — their number — distinguish- 

 ing characteristics and occupation — improvement in Mahratta tac- 

 tics — method of besieging a city — war rockets. 



