. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . r pretended patriotism was spurious and withoutdoubt must be displayed with some sinister object, certainlyinspired by feelings inimical to the British Raj. Yet HisExcellency the Governor—but, let us hope, not his Council—was smitten with admiration, and when a subscriptionwas started to repair Siwajees tomb or rather the platformon the summit of Raigurh Fort, on which his body wascremated, he eagerly gave his mite and thus expressedhis sympathy with a down-trod nation, his remarkableknowledge
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . r pretended patriotism was spurious and withoutdoubt must be displayed with some sinister object, certainlyinspired by feelings inimical to the British Raj. Yet HisExcellency the Governor—but, let us hope, not his Council—was smitten with admiration, and when a subscriptionwas started to repair Siwajees tomb or rather the platformon the summit of Raigurh Fort, on which his body wascremated, he eagerly gave his mite and thus expressedhis sympathy with a down-trod nation, his remarkableknowledge of Brahminical character, his abhorrence of theneglect of English officials who had so long left the sacredmasonry to crumble 1 VERY INTERESTING DOCUMENTS. lOI The subscription list must be of such historical valuethat it should be published, and the original, together withthe account showing how much of the amounts promisedwere actually paid, should be deposited in the archives ofthe India Office! It would also be interesting to know whatcaused this touching outburst, why the Peishwas caste. THE CREMATION PLATFORM OF SIWAJEE AT RAIGURH. have forgotten for 300 years to restore the monument, oreven to keep it in repair! Have they ever taken the troubleto recover from Mhar, the Brahmin town at the foot of thefortress, the carved corner-stones, pillars and wood-workrobbed from their heros residence and Durbar halls to bebuilt into the walls of the houses of the better classes, orinto their cow-sheds? I02 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. The writer of these pages had the good fortune to visitRaigurh in the train of Sir Richard Temple during one ofHis Excellencys celebrated Verification tours. A mangy, ill-clad, highly flavoured old poojaree (wor-shipper) led us to what people call the tomb of Siwajee;an insignificant platform of decaying stones and then proceeded to the chowthara or plinth—stillin fair order—of the great Durbar hall in which it wasSiwajees w
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