. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ounded in a defile, in which atreacherous and vindictive enemy would have every advantage. The retreat was thereforecontinued; and though, from the numerous obstacles that had to be encountered inpenetrating a wild and difficult country, it was attended wiih many hardships andlosses, still it was considered a masterly evolution, and one that
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ounded in a defile, in which atreacherous and vindictive enemy would have every advantage. The retreat was thereforecontinued; and though, from the numerous obstacles that had to be encountered inpenetrating a wild and difficult country, it was attended wiih many hardships andlosses, still it was considered a masterly evolution, and one that reflected gieat creditupon the discipline and good conduct of the little force concerned. In India, uninter-rupted good fortune is essential, if the favourable opinion of the natives is to bepreserved; and in the neighbourhood of Makundra, the retreat is still spoken of as aflight, to which some degree of obloquy is supposed to attach—the inhabitants, in refer-ring to the affair with Holcar, always describing it to have happened at the time wdienMonson ran away [ Fortunately, the prestige lost by the occurrence has since been 4 p n 6- b P ^ S 9^ & ^ ® w CO w o _, ?p s ^ ^ ^J c gE ^ R IfS n 0 00 Sen & 0- ^ 55> ®J a: ?^ S£> 5^. THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 35 restored, and the adjacent hills and pass have resounded with British shouts of triumph;a force under General Donkin having, not long afterwards, fallen in with the van ofKurreem Khans horde of Pindarries, near Makundra, which they completely routed,taking the caparisoned elephant of the chief, with his favourite wife and all his gallantry of the captors of course secured to the lady the highest degree of deferenceand protection ; but tlie rest of Kurreem Khans effects were speedily appropriated bythe victors. The spoil underwent a very summary process, being sold by a sort ofdrum-head auction on the spot, and the pioceeds were forthwith divided among theparties interested—the most certaiu as well
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