"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." [‎٢‎٣‎٤] (٦٥٤/٢٥١)

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THE SURRENDER OF THE PEISHWAH.
fate. His followers were dispersed; he himself was
powerless. But he wandered about with a few attend
ants, now on the hills, now in the jungles, seeking pro
tection from our enemies, spending miserable days and
nights in constant fear of surprise, never dismounting
from his horse, even for sleep, only to encounter at last
a more remorseless enemy than the British.
Meanwhile, Malcolm's efforts to restore order and tran.
quillity to Holkar's disturbed country had been attended
with good success. In the Soandwarree districts several
refractory Zumeendars had been reduced, and Ms de-
tachments had penetrated into all parts of Malwali, from
Hindiah to Moheysir. a It is six weeks since I left
Oujein," he wrote on the 10th of May to Lord Hastings,
" and from that date to the present moment this force
has been divided into small detachments, which have
traversed every path and every ghaut of the forests
between Hindiah and Moheysir, and it is a remarkable
fact, that though the country abounds with Bheels and
robbers, under numerous chiefs, alike celebrated for their
habits of rapacity and violence, not a rupee of property
has been stolen or a camp-follower hurt. These plun
derers have, on the contrary, sought my camp and that
of officers whom I detached, and expressed their earnest
hope that I would take their condition into considera
tion, and provide means of livelihood less criminal and
hazardous than that to which they had long been com
pelled by necessity. I am now engaged in a very mi
nute inquiry into their real or supposed rights, and I
hope I may be able to effect some arrangement that will
preserve the tranquillity of the country."
He rejoiced in nothing so much as in this work of
pacification. His letters to his family show how truly
his heart was in it. There is something very pleasant