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CHAPTER XLI.

THE MAHRATTA CAMP AND SCENES IN THE ZENĀNA.

1835, September 8th.

Mutiny in Camp—Murder of the Prisoners—The Mutiny quelled by the Military—Visit
to the Zenāna—The Swing of the Gaja Rājā—The
Seagull in Parda—The Bā'ī Visits the Pinnace—How to dress a Camel—The
Vicious Beast—Lucky and Unlucky Days—Her Highness
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CHAPTER XLII.

THE MAHRATTAS AT ALLAHABAD.

1835, October. Zenāna of the Nawāb of Farrukhabad—The Nawāb Hakīm Menhdī—Hidden Treasures—The Jak—Dāk to Cawnpore—The Nawāb of Banda—Returned Home in the Seagull—Mr. Blunt, the Lieutenant-Governor, quitted the Station—Arrival of Mr. Ross—The Bāiza Bā'ī sent to Allahabad—Arrival of her Highness—Parties in the Mahratta Camp—Opium-Eating—Marriage Ceremonies of the Hindoos—Procession in Parda—The Bride—Red Gold—The Ex-Queen's Tents at the Tribeni—The Bathing—Presents to the Brahmans—Arrival of Sir Charles Metcalfe—Sohobut Melā—Illness of the Gaja Rājā Sāhib—Murder of Mr. Frazer—The Bāiza Bā'ī a State Prisoner—The Power of Magic 40 CHAPTER XLIII. TŪFĀNS IN THE EAST. 1836, June 28th.

A Storm on the Jumna—An Amazonian Mahratta Lady—Putlī Coins—The
Mint at Gwalior—East India Company's Rupees—Departure of
Sir Charles Metcalfe—Murder of two Ladies in a Zenāna—The
Steamer and Tug—Rajmahal Tiger—Cotton Seed—Nagapanchmee—Wreck
of the Seagull—A Fierce Tūfān—Arrival of Sir Henry Fane—Visit
to the Bāiza Bā'ī—River Voyage to Calcutta—Chunar—The
God Burtreenath—Ghāt of Appa Sāhib—Ghāt of the Bāiza Bā'ī—Her
Treasury seized by the Government—The Chiraghdanīs—The Minarets—Native
Merchants—Kimkhwāb Manufactory—The Junéoo—House
of the Bāiza Bā'ī—The Iron Chests of Gold Mohurs—Rooms
full of Rupees, of Copper Coins, and of Cowries—Vishw[)u]-K[)u]rma, the Architect
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