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114 GUNNAIS COONDAH. 
We alighted and mutually paid our compliments, afterwards form- 
ing one party. A little to the westward of the village of Gunnais 
Coondah, so called from an adjacent temple dedicated to Gunnais, 
the deputation from the Durbar of his Highness the Paishwa was 
waiting to receive me, close to a small pagoda which commanded 
a view of Poonah, distant two miles. The Chiefs were on ele- 
phants in covered houdahs. A large body of horse was drawn up : 
the officers made their salaams, as 1 passed along the line. At 
a little distance I halted, and the Colonel went on. A carpet was 
spread on the plain: the deputation alighted, and, after a few 
minutes, I advanced. We met on the carpet. Each person was 
presented separately to me by the Colonel, and embraced ; we then 
seated ourselves without chairs or cushions. The chief person was 
Abbah Poorundery, the Jaghirdar of Sapoor, a handsome young 
man, with an expressive countenance, and pleasing manners. He 
wore several ornaments of pearls and jewels. He was accompanied 
by Anund Row, the Paishwa's Minister for the British affairs; 
Kistnagie Bowannie, the assistant Dewan of the state ; and Seedogie 
Row Nepawnkur, who commanded a body of horse, along with 
General Wellesley, during the late campaign in the Deccan. There 
were also several Maunkarries, officers whose duty it is to attend 
the Paishwa on all visits of ceremony : these were seated behind. 
Anund Row delivered the congratulatory compliments of his 
Highness on my arrival near his capital. He expressed his satis- 
faction that it had taken place at so propitious a season as the 
Dusserah, and hoped it was an omen of the continuance of friend- 
ship between the two nations. Colonel Close replied in my name, 
with the general Asiatic expressions of regard for his Highness, ^.nd 
