Excerpt from Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings: Chiefly Embracing the Operations of the Army of the Deckan, Under the Command of His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Hislop, Bart; G. C. B Bthroughout my detail: in short, being quite out of character as a scribbler, as you yourself would be, were you dressed in my red coat, and called upon to shew off at our new sword ex ercise, you must make every allowance for me, and endeavour to glean from these pages some little amusement or interest in the affairs of India, and of your numerous friends in that quarter; if they can impart either one or the other, my highest-and only expectation will be fully gratified. I shall try as nearly as possible to embrace the causes, the features, and the in cidents of the late campaign in India; and hav ing been myself a partaker throughout of the toils, and personally borne a part in most of the prmcrpal occurrences and affairs In the army of the Deckan, you will have one satis faction in perusing this account, that it comes from one on the-spot, in the thick of the bustle, and whose only object is to speak to facts, and to point out to blemishes. Let us therefore.
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