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his districts. No sooner were our tents pitched near the walls of 

 Brodera than he sent his chopdars, or heralds, with a friendly mes- 

 sage, accompanied with a present of fruit and sweetmeats, and re- 

 questing the honour of a visit at the durbar. We accepted his 

 invitation the same evening, and were amused as usual with danc- 

 ing-girls, music, betel, and sherbet, and received the customary 

 presents, but all in a very unprincely style compared with the Per- 

 sian and Mogul entertainments at Cainbay. The generality of 

 Hindoo princes, when contrasted with the highest class of Mussul- 

 mans, are mean and sordid ; avarice and ambition unite in both ; 

 but the courteous behaviour and dignified politeness of the Mogul 

 are far more engaging than the unpolished manners, mingled with 

 the disagreeable pride of the Mahratta sirdar. 



Futty Sihng was a remarkable instance of the blended charac- 

 teristics of pride, avarice, and a sordid disposition. As a prince 

 he had many names and titles; the principal were Futty Sihng 

 Row, Guicawar, Shamsheer Bahadur. As head of the Guicawar 

 family, that of Cow-keeper was most pre-eminent: the last appel- 

 lation alludes to the prowess of a military chieftain. Futty, or 

 Futteh Sihng, implies the " Horn of Victory." The horn has al- 

 ways been a figurative expression in Asia for power and dignity. 

 David says to his enemies, " Lift not up your horn on high" — of 

 himself, " My horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn;" 

 or rather the rhinoceros, it being a most offensive weapon in that 

 animal. In Abyssinia the horn, according to Bruce, is worn as an 

 ornament by the nobles and great men, and bound upon the fore- 

 head in the days of victory, preferment, and rejoicing; on which 

 occasions they are anointed with new, or sweet oil ; a circum- 



