1 Amaim&l . FUTH I^PBDmON TO INDIA.
2 This battfom fiM to the Mahnttta fxmer ; tbcif imaMdilt% ibattdOMa
3 their damgoB on the north of Hindostan, and mmy years elapied' beAiMl
4 they restimod UMAr ebMipiii^ nadtr a new iMder* iDd with a n«# tyntm-
5 ot' war.
6 • After the victory o4" Panin[>ut, liie whole of Hindostan appeared to be at
7 Almied Shiuih's mercy. He, liowever, adhered to the plan he had originally
8 profeasedv- Biid dMrtented "biamX with the portion di«t had ftrmeifly been
9 oedfld to bam, together with the pleeMire of betbomhig the- leK tt'-l^
10 oeuntry on such of its native chiefs as had asmted hiln; «ad thtS'donek 1)0
11 returned in the spring of 1 761 to Caubul. t
12 The wisdom of his forbearance wa** af^prT. nrds very apparent ; for, far
13 firom being able to maintain so remote a tionuTiion, it was with ditticulty tliat
14 he could retain Ills own province of the Puiijaub, where tlie Siks now be-
15 4Mat very poweiiliik The nusoen of tfab people compelled ban to Mtoiifr
16 to India the b^ginnfaig of •7tfat when he .coikiplately ncpeUed (he 'fiikii
17 from the plam country ; but in 2763, he was obliged to return to Candahaii
18 andinthecouneof aftw jeani>theooaBtiy waain greater ooafiuioii thiui
19 , ever. s
20 The circimistanccs ot tiie King's return to Candahar in 1763, aio worthy
21 of notice. He was at Sirhind, when the news of an insurrection at Can*
22 dihar feached hiu} and» driven of the Fanjaob beoig afaready swollen, he
23 lesolvedi notwithitaiidn^ that it waa mnr the he^pht .of wnmer/ to mnttk
24 by die rrate between the left bank of tfao Sudedge «id*the deeMt^ tii
25 MouHann, and from thence to Ghuznee. His army, composed of Aigbain»,>
26 Uzbek*, "Reloches, and other natives of cold climates, suffered great hard-
27 ships during the first part of this march ; and he lost an incredible number
28 of men from heat, before he arrived at Moultaun : nor were hi.s sutferiu^
29 then at an end, for the wint^ had set in when \ie reached the mountains of
30 Afghaunietaun* and many of his troops periled item the' dold ahd'iiiow/
31 Ihe fobellkMi. waa oHilyiahdMdk m <waa another ndwd Jby Derviih Alii a
32 OMi 3 the onlf creditable account oi that ibroe I have mcd, ittlial Ir tlwAijMk Rnean^ vhJdi
33 Bwhei t^efar.cavdrj tcyemty tlyMri>4 ttteir »&a>ry jftwa thaippaA llff kid , not, Im that
34 two boadivd fBiua
35 * Mabijce Sindii, wboM troops wen dudplided m ike Ewwffnii nimr,
36 t About thu time Ahmt d Sluufi sent an embassy to China, and the envoy OQ ijllttVnji.JMMe iA-
37 account of bit embassy 1 could not procure a copy of thi> curious work ' ' .
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