"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎١‎٨‎٤] (٦٥٤/٢٠١)

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THE CIRCUIT OF THE RESIDENCIES.
Hi
is broken. I wrote you in my last of poor Kishem Kam's
death. Many have followed. But, to complete my dis
tress, I learnt yesterday from Hussingabad that poor
George Wareham,* of whom I have so often written
yon, must die. Never did a boy unite such warm af
fections, such noble principles, and such extraordinary
talent. I weep over his fate as I would over that of a
son."
On the 10th of November, Sir Thomas Hislop joined
the army, and on the 15th, at the head of a light field
force, Sir John Malcolm crossed the Nerbudda in pur-
suit of the Pindarrees. " You would be delighted with
my camp," he wrote. " There never was a set of finer
fellows, and they are in trim for anything. Many old
friends are with me—James Grant, Colonel Russell,f
Josiah Stewart, Briggs, Williams, Cadell,J &c.—butwe
are all alarmed lest we should have an intangible
enemy." After crossing the river, Malcolm made a rapid
march to Talyn, hoping to beat up the quarters of the
notorious freebooter Cheetoo, who fled at his approach.
But James Grant was sent after him with twelve hundred
Mysore horse, with which he surrounded the place, and
made prisoners of the garrison and Cheetoo's adopted
son. On the 30th, Malcolm wrote from Talyn to his
wi e, saying, ^ I march to-morrow, eighteen miles, to a
^ aCe ca ^ e( ^ ^ arra ignpore, from which I commence, on
t ic 3rd of December, a pursuit that you and your children
^ See ante, for notice of this boy
p. 160. ,7,
KCB 0W ^ erieia ^ J ames Russell,
+ -Now Colonel Cadell—one of the
most respected citizens of Edinburgh
He was Assistant Adjutant-General of
Malcolm s division. When he waited
upon the General, on his first joming
the force, for instructions, Malcolm
said to him: " You have been in the
Adjutant-General's office at Madras,
and knoAv more about routine than I
do. The only advice I have to give
you is to keep every one in good
humor, and we are sure to do well."