History of India . apprehensive lest this individual should in realityprove to be Bhao, proceeded to wait upon him, andpresented some cash and valuables by way of that, the Bhao in question sent letters into othersub-districts, and having summoned the revenue officersfrom aU quarters, commenced seizing and appropriatingaU the cash, property, and goods. Whatever horses,elephants, or camels he found with any one, he immedi-ately sent for and kept in his own possession. This pretender to the name of Bhao always kepthis face half-covered under a veil, both in public andprivate, on t
History of India . apprehensive lest this individual should in realityprove to be Bhao, proceeded to wait upon him, andpresented some cash and valuables by way of that, the Bhao in question sent letters into othersub-districts, and having summoned the revenue officersfrom aU quarters, commenced seizing and appropriatingaU the cash, property, and goods. Whatever horses,elephants, or camels he found with any one, he immedi-ately sent for and kept in his own possession. This pretender to the name of Bhao always kepthis face half-covered under a veil, both in public andprivate, on the plea that the wound on his visage wasstill unhealed, and people were completely deceived 260 APPENDIX II by the stratagem; no one could have the impudenceto scrutinize his features. In short, for six months hepersevered in his imposture, until the news reachedPoona, when some spies went over to him to examinestrictly into the case, and discovered that he was notBhao. About the same period, Malhar Rao Holkar was. THE HILL OF PAKVATI FROM THE LAKE, NEAR POOJfA. moving from the Deccan towards Hindustan, and hisroad happened to lie through the spot where the pre-tender in question had pitched his tents. The spiesalready mentioned disclosed the particulars of the caseto Malhar Rao, who thought to himself that until Par-vati Bai, the late Bhaos wife, had seen this individualwith her own eyes, and all her doubts had been re-moved, it would not do to inflict capital punishmenton the impostor, for fear the lady should think in her THE PRETENDEE UNMASKED 261 heart that he had killed her husband out of spite andmalice. For this reason, Malhar Kao merely took theimpostor prisoner, and having appointed thirty or fortyhorsemen to take care of him, forwarded him fromthence to Poona. The few weak-minded beings whohad gathered round him were allowed to depart to theirseveral homes, and Holkar proceeded to his the pretender was brought to Poona, Madhu Raolikewise, out of rega
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