CONTENTS. 



Encampment at Baroche — description of that city— silver mosque — 

 Bawrhan — trade — JSlerbudda river — Hindoo women bathing — dis- 

 content in Ragobah's army — desertion of his troops — change of 

 measures — resolution to pass the rainy season in Guzerat — march 

 from Baroche towards Dhuboy, destined for winter quarters — ex- 

 treme heat — extract from Bernier — night march — confusion of 

 the enemy — cause of not more effectually surprizing them — pass 

 of Bowa-peer — encamp at Thain Telow — sudden setting in of 

 the monsoon — horrors of the night — destruction of the camp, and 

 death of persons and cattle by the tempest — situation in the com- 

 manding officer's tent— rise of the water — serpents, scorpions, and 

 reptiles in the village huts — proceed one mile towards Dhuboy — 

 renew the march — difficulty 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 Dahcler — incle- 

 mency of the weather — females in Ragobah's zenana — an intrigue 

 with Esswant Row — his execution, and the death of his mistress — - 

 inconveniences of a camp in the rainy season — miscellaneous re- 

 marks — duplicity and chicanery of the Indians — comparison be- 

 tween the Asiatic and English character — cruelty of brahmins — 

 anecdote of their dire revenge — division of castes — Mahratta cha- 

 racter — scruples of the Indians repecting food — story of some 



