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or at all exposed to public view; a threat which I was well assured 

 they would put into execution, from the high idea generally enter- 

 tained of such suicides. I therefore ordered a sepoy-guard, selected 

 from such castes as I knew would be most agreeable; nor did I 

 ever see them, or enter into that court of the durbar appropriated 

 to their accommodation. And, as they did not eat animal food, 

 a daily supply of rice, ghee, flower, spices, fruit, and vegetables 

 were sent in for the ladies and their attendants, who had been 

 brought from Mandwa to Dhuboy in covered hackarees and pa- 

 lanquins. 



During the time these Gracia princesses were detained as 

 hostages at Dhuboy, I wrote letters to the surrounding chiefs ; one of 

 them will be a sufficient specimen of that kind of correspondence, 

 and illustrate my peculiar situation among those extraordinary 

 people. 



To Kessoor Khaun, Chief of the Vazeria Gracilis. 



[After the oriental compliments] 



During three years residence in a public character 

 at Dhuboy, I have frequently remonstrated with you on the in- 

 sults, cruelties, and depredations, committed by your subjects in 

 the English districts. They have been hitherto without effect. 

 Some months ago your vizier came before me, with an apology 

 for your conduct, and a promise of amendment; expressing at the 

 same time your sincere wish to live on friendly terms with this 

 durbar: all was insincere. The Gracias of Vazeria have since re-. 



