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or rather to make him his prey. Gulam Kaudir fled, and took 

 refuge in the fort of Agra. Sindia's troops besieged him there. 

 Perceiving at last that he must be taken if he remained in the fort, 

 he took advantage of a dark night, stuffed his saddle with a large 

 quantity of precious stones, took a few followers, and fled from the 

 fort towards Persia. Unluckily for him, he fell off his horse the 

 second night after his flight, and by this means a party of horse, 

 which had been sent in pursuit of him, came up and took him 

 prisoner. He was brought to Sindia; who after exposing him for 

 some time in irons, and some time in a cage, ordered his ears, nose, 

 hands and feet to be cut off, and his eyes taken out, in which state 

 he was allowed to expire. 



No immediate object presenting to occupy the attention of Sir 

 Charles Malet after his conferences with Mhadajee Sindia and 

 Shah Aalum, he adopted the plan of visiting Delhi, the ancient 

 and far-famed capital of Hindostan; and having obtained the 

 emperor's permission, and a party of horse from Mhadajee Sindia, 

 the embassy proceeded thither on the 7th of June 1785, and 

 reached it on the ]Oth. 



The journey from Muttra to Delhi was not very interesting; 

 the country entirely flat, with the Mewat hills in the distance, was 

 no doubt fertile and pleasant in the flourishing state of the capital, 

 but now, almost depopulated by famine, and the oppressions of 

 the late changeable and rapacious occupants, it presented a melan- 

 choly aspect. In consequence of its uncultivated state, rats had 

 multiplied in the fields in a most extraordinary manner, and wolves 

 had become formidably numerous. 



At the different stages on this road there are in general good 



