1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
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3 the Punjab, with a large force of horse and foot.
4 General Lord Lake arrived in pursuit of them at
5 Jellalabad, near the Beas. The Maharajah medi¬
6 ated peace between the Mahratta and the British.
7 This, was at length, concluded, ftunjeet Singh
8 then visited Juswunt Rao, and learned many parti¬
9 culars from him regarding the British. He heard j^™|* e f p®“ er
10 with astonishment of their warlike exploits. After ofthc ' y,1HsS '-
11 that period, the Maharajah began to dread the power
12 of the British, and determined to keep on peaceful
13 terms with them, and he despatched a vakeel to
14 Lord Lake.
15 When peace had been concluded between the
16 British and the Mahrattas, the forces of both left
17 the Punjab.
18 In the month of Bysakb (April) 1806, the Maha¬
19 rajah wished to bathe in the tank of the Kutas, in
20 the vicinity of the Indus; and in his journey to- is seized wia
21 J t . an illness.
22 wards it, he reduced all the zemindars. On his
23 return he was seized with a loathsome disease
24 brought on by his own indiscretion, which obliged unUi
25 him to remain at the village of Meeanee, on tlm 1,e WC0W "’'-
26 bank of the Jelum, until he recovered. In the
27 third month he reached Lahore, and ordered the
28 Shalamar gardens to be repaired ; and for the iiep«A die
29 Shalamar
30 purpose of watering them, the canal of Ah Murdan gardens.
31 Khan was brought through them. By this mea¬
32 sure the lands in the vicinity were much improved,
33 and their revenues increased. In the month of
34 October, he resolved to take possession of the
35 country on the left bank of the Sutlej, and with