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vanced the sum. These villages were farmed by Tookajee Holcar 

 to a person named Tormuckjee, and on his death to his son Amu- 

 jee. After his father's death the present rajah contrived to pay off 

 the mortgage, and the representative of Holcar's family sent an 

 order to Amujee to give up the villages. Amujee, who had now en- 

 tered into Sindia's service, refused to comply, in which he was 

 supported by Sindia. In consequence Bulwant Sihng attacked 

 them by force, and having already taken two, and defeated a 

 considerable detachment of Sindia's troops, is now going on suc- 

 cessfully against the third. 



I have abridged as much as possible Dr. Cruso's account of 

 these transactions, and have generally avoided introducing dis- 

 putes between the native princes of India, seldom interesting to 

 an European reader; I insert this solely with the view of intro- 

 ducing the subject of a letter from Bulwant Sihng, rajah of Rago- 

 ghur, to Mhadajee Sindia, which tends to illustrate the high military 

 spirit of the rajepoots, so often mentioned in these volumes. 



The letter commenced with the intimation that Bulwant Sihng 

 had heard of Mhadajee Sindia's intention to send a detachment 

 from his army to attack him : he desired no paltry force might 

 be ordered on an occasion, where he should be proud to see him 

 in person: that so, if he proved successful, he might have the 

 honour of repulsing a great man; if the fortune of war should 

 be unfavourable, it might then be said that Bulwant Sihng, the 

 rajepoot, had fought honourably to the last drop of his blood, in 

 defending the liberty of himself and his subjects; but at length, 

 overcome by superior strength, and overpowered by numbers, he 



