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grab en , ober effd u ft «werben. ^7^ it '" P 5t:abmtne%;jtnb
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1) T. ‘368. Tennant It is owing to the frequency of
this, dreadful calamity , .that the Marattas ard total
strangers -to. charity, and possess yan in$ensi|ility
of heart, to which ..other nations'are strangers...
A JVlahratta will see his own brother expire before
him with the most phlegmatic composure.
2) Ives p. 26. Tennant I. 1O8.
3) Orme’s Frag, p. 90. 261.
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I tibltd), alle T öch ter gleid) nad) ber © e b u rt um^ubttn«
Ï geh f ober b^d)genô (£ine am £eben ju laffen . j b t e
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I an, a l ê b a g eê fo fo g b a r fet>, bie m an n bar geworben
I nen A c h t e r a u b ju ga tte n 1 ) . 3 « mehreren ,ï)igrtcten
t i e r sp r o p in j 'sBenareê r a t t e n fid) tn ben ïej|ten B a lte
n mehrere 33ral;mtnen an ben en , weldje ihnen U n s
|red}t gufugten, ober wegen angethanen Unre,d)tê fein e
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■ ten 1 2 3) : eine 0 ttte > bie, w ie w ir in ber J o lg e fehett
Iw e tb e n , ro rn ja h lö wal;rfchetnltch allgemein w ar, unb
iie m ‘PÖeletbiger bie ifto th w e n b ig fe it au gegte, eben bag
t j u tl)u n , w a é ber Sßeleibigte getl;an l)atte, @ 0 h art
lu n b untnenfchltch baê R e g im e n t ber ^ tn b u ê i g , fo
■ hart unb unmettfdgid) ftnb ihre K rie g e nnb $ r i e g &
| l« g ^ 2)ie DJiaratten unb anbere $ in b u ê rerb ien n eu
| 6 t à b t e unb D ö r fe r , rerl;eeren S tu re n unb ( S a tte n ,
Khatten alle S fu ^ tB a u m e n ieber, unb Pernichten a lie ö ,
Iw aê. |eben | a t , iB ra h n tfn e n unb Ochfeu auêgenotn«»
in te n 3)*
I i ) Asiat. Res. IV.-340.
1 2) ib. 336. et sq. p.
3) Craufurd II. 306. Theîrvdevastatîorjs are terrible:
they drive of the cattle, destroy the harvest, burn
the villages, and cut down every living creature,
the sword can reach, Nothing is spared by them,
except the Brahman, and the ox. Tennant I. 367.
2 A'JWahratta army Is more indefatigabiy destructive,
than myriads of locusts. The property of friends
and enemies falls equally a prey to their undistin-
guishing depredations, IDIfln bsrgU auch Munro'é
Narrat. p. 527.
f 1 Réméré diet ïïîénf^cmt. II. îtb» 5«