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my reasons for the high charges under the head or* fortification 

 and house repairs. 



"The building up the large breach on the south face of the 

 town, in length nine hundred and twenty-six feet, was by far the 

 most expensive work; but so indispensably necessary, that I could 

 not avoid representing it to you immediately on our taking posses- 

 sion of Dhuboy; and obtained your consent for instantly repair- 

 ing it. A subadar's guard, which our weak garrison could very 

 ill spare, was required to be constantly posted there, and a much 

 stronger guard at the time we were so annoyed by the Mahratta 

 army. This work included several towers; which, with a strong 

 outer wall of brick and chunam, has been constructed on the old 

 stone foundation, with a retaining wall and rampart. 



" A magazine was no less requisite the city afforded no build- 

 ing fit for that purpose, either from its structure or situation. I 

 expended near three hundred rupees in repairing a pagoda and 

 contiguous shed near the large tank, to serve as temporary maga- 

 zines for our ammunition from Baroche, and a quantity of loose 

 gunpowder found on our taking possession of Dhuboj r : but as 

 the water in the rainy season rises higher than the floor of these 

 buildings, they would then have been totally useless. They were 

 also very near several houses communicating with the town; and 

 two fires happening in that neighbourhood after our arrival, 1 lost 

 no time in procuring the plan for a small magazine from captain 

 Jackson of the artillery, to be built as cheap as possible in a pro- 

 per place. 



" Strengthening the works at the Herau-Durwajee, or Diamond- 

 Gate, filling up contiguous breaches with strong masonry, making 



