CONTENTS. 



Cession of Baroche, Dhuboy, and the English purgunnas in Guzerat, 

 to the Mahrattas and Mahdajee Sindia, at the peace in 1783 — 

 rise of Mahdajee Sindia' s family in the Mahratta state — illegiti- 

 macy 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 Mah- 

 rattas in 1783 — the city and district of Baroche presented to him 

 for this service — Dhuboy and Zinore ordered to be surrendered to 

 the Mahrattas — sorrow of the inhabitants of Baroche, and their 

 behaviour on giving it up to the Mahratta governor — 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 day on which 

 Dhuboy was to have been delivered up to the Mahratta pundit — 

 his non-arrival — dissuasion of the brahmins from my leaving Dhu- 

 boy — reasons assigned for their conduct — threats and intituled am- 

 buscade of the Gracias — themantra, 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 



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