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Excerpt from History of the Mahrattas
Tiie want Of a complete history of the rise, progress, and decline of our immediate predecessors in conquest, the Mahrattas, has been long felt by all persons conversant with the affairs of India; insomuch that, it is very generally acknowledged, we cannot fully understand the means by which our own vast empire in that quarter was acquired until this desideratum be supplied.
The difficulty of Obtaining the requisite materials has hitherto deterred most of our countrymen from venturing on a subject where the indefatigable Orme has left his Fragments as a monument of his research, accompanied by an attestation of the labour which they cost him. The subsequent attempt Of Mr. Scott Waring proved not only the difficulties Of which Mr. Orme's experience had warned us, but that, at a period comparatively recent, those who had the best opportunities Of collecting informa tion respecting the Mahrattas were still very deficient in a knowledge Of their history. Circumstances placed me in situations which at once removed many of the obstacles which those gentlemen encountered, and threw materials within my reach which had been previously inaccessible nevertheless, the labour and the expense requisite for completing this volume can only be appreciated by those who assisted me in the design, or who have been engaged in similar pursuits in India.
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