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regulars distinguished by turbans with stiff feathers and dressed of some 
figured cloth, and shoes high over the instep with long thongs behind to 
assist in pulling them on, and the men are all bearded. The bows of the 
imperialist chiefs are all of the Cupid or Apollo shape, lip-curved, whilst 
not few, both of the enemy and of the dark skinned portion of Daud’s 
army, are of a simple curve, such as we still see in the hands of Kols, 
Gonds, and other hilltribes. The dark imperialists are as insufficiently 
clad as the majority of the Cheros are represented to be ; and their martial 
ardour is roused by drums precisely similar to those now used by the Kols, 
whilst the regulars of the imperial army are inspired by the ‘ trumpets peal¬ 
ing note,’ the trumpets as big as the men who blow them. They have also 
kettledrums and trumpeters on camels. There is no reason why Kols should 
not be found in the ranks of Daud’s army, as the Kols had on previous occa¬ 
sions helped the Emperor; and in one obscure corner of the picture outside 
the entrenched camp of Daud, we find ‘the Zamindar i kan i almas,’ ‘the 
Lord of the diamond mine and who could he be if not the Nagbansi 
Kaja P In the portion of the picture representing the attack, the Raja 
of the diamond mines appears valiantly leading the troops on the extreme 
right of the line. This is a position assigned by the Muhammadan histo¬ 
rian to Shaikh pafi, whom I have not been able to identify among the 
belligerents. 
On the left, but somewhat in front of the Imperial camp, a range of 
hills is represented, from which the Chero camp behind their entrenchment 
is commanded. On the centre of these hills four great guns are mounted, 
and a note indicates that they were placed by Daud to enfilade the enemy. 
This is just as it is described by the Muhammadan historian. The losses 
of the imperialists were chiefly due to the fact that the outworks of the 
enemy were higher than those of Daud, whose camp was at the foot of the 
hill. Daud, therefore, occupied a hill which overlooked the position of the 
enemy, and erected a battery which caused much damage. 
“ Oil the 27tli of the same month, the enemy left their position and 
withdrew to the banks of the river near the fort.” It is clear from the 
narrative as it proceeds that they took up an entrenched position in a range 
of hills, running parallel with the river, with passes through them. This is 
shewn. A conventional drawing of hills going right across the picture, and 
dividing it into two equal parts, exhibits the second position of the Cheros, 
and represents them engaged with the imperialists. The Cheros are not 
shewn in their first position, as the space behind their entrenchment was 
reserved by the artist for a good pictorial display of the imperialists advanc¬ 
ing on the second position, after the Cheros had abandoned the first. 
The action represented is where “ Daud attacked the trenches which 
the Zamindar had erected along the river j” but judging from the picture 
