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different spirit rules the Asiatics: the Mogul history is replete with 

 blood, nor is the Hindoo character free from cruelty and revenge. It 

 has been remarked that the sway of a despotic government has taught 

 the Hindoos patience, and the coldness of their imagination enables 

 them to practise it better than any people in the world ; they conceive 

 a contemptible opinion of a man's capacity who betrays any impe- 

 tuosity in his temper: they are the aculest buyers and sellers in the 

 world, and preserve through all their bargains a degree of calm- 

 ness which baffles all the arts that can be 7 opposed against it. 

 This will be allowed by those most conversant with their general 

 character, but they also know that the patient Hindoo who shud- 

 ders at the death of an insect, and preserves the tranquillity of 

 temper just mentioned, can as calmly meditate on the most cruel 

 tortures prepared for an enemy, or one he deems to be so: the 

 love of money is in general his ruling passion; throughout Hindos- 

 tan cruelty and oppression are the servants of avarice. 



We encamped, after the action, on the field of battle, a hot 

 sand}' plain, without a tree, or any kind of shade; yet being on 

 the banks of the Wartruc,it was preferable to a cooler situation with- 

 out that advantage. After remaining there three days, we marched 

 towards Kairah : before the vanguard had proceeded half a mile, 

 the enemy suddenly appeared, advancing rapidly towards us; the 

 British line immediately formed, and on firing a few shot, they re- 

 treated to Kairah; this detained us some time, and the day be- 

 coming intensely hot, we encamped on the spot ; early the next 

 morning we marched under the walls of Kairah without molestation, 

 and found the confederate army had retired to some distance. 



