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and general character of the Hindoos.. Meah Gaum Rajah. .his amiable charac- 

 ter, .death and character of Hiroo Nand. . sacrifice of his widow. . her superior 

 endowments. . compared with celebrated English females. . Mahomedan women 

 ..extraordinary character of Avyar, a Hindoo female philosopher and celebrated 

 author, .extracts from her writings. . serpents, .serpent-eaters, .locusts, .distillers 

 . . potters. . Hindoo deities. . Moods. . average of annual rain 245 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



Cession of Baroehe, Dhuboy, and the English purgunnahs in Guzerat, to the Mali- 

 rattas and Mahdajee Sindia, at the peace in 1783.. rise of Mahdajee Sindia's fa- 

 mily in the Mahratta state. . illegitimacy of that chieftain. . dissensions in the 

 family. . assassination of Jeajee. . elevation of Mahdajee Sindia by Mahdarow. . 

 chosen mediator of the treaty of peace between the English and M ah rattas in 

 1783.. the city and district of Baroehe presented to hitn for this service. . Dhu- 

 boy and Zinore ordered to be surrendered to the Mahrattas. . sorrow of the inha- 

 bitants of Baroehe, and their behaviour on giving it up to the Mahratta gover- 

 nor. . these facts opposed to former ill-founded prejudices in England. . instances 

 of oriental gratitude. . letters from different natives of India. . noble behaviour of 

 the inhabitants of Dhuboy on the report of its being restored to the Mahrattas.. 

 present of Hindoo images brought to England, and placed in a temple erected 

 for their reception. . beauty and peculiarity of the nymphea lotos. . events of the 

 clay on which Dhuboy was to have been delivered up to the Mahratta pundit., 

 his non-arrival. . dissuasion of the brahmins from my leaving Dhuboy. . reasons 

 assigned for their conduct. . threats and intended ambuscade of the Gracias. . the 

 mantra, and divinations communicated by the brahmins. . paper presented by the 

 elders of Dhuboy, stating the happiness of the English government, and their 

 misery at its being withdrawn, .reasons for inserting it. .translation of the address 

 ..divination of the Gracia soothsayers. . arrangements in consequence, .departure 

 from Dhuboy. . lines written on the occasion. . proceed to Baroehe. . attack of the 

 Gracias on my escort. . murder of the cavalry officer, servant, and attendants., 

 further cruelty and plunder. . funeral processions. . my narrow escape from the 

 ambuscade, .conduct of the relations of the murdered people, .general behaviour 

 of the Mahomedan women on such occasions. . intentions of the Gracias, had they 

 succeeded in my capture, .various modes of poisoning their prisoners. . effects of 



