text:  In March last the population made no scruple of declaring that the _Feringhi raj_ (English rule) was at an end; and some even disputed payment of the revenue saying it was probable they should have to pay it again to another Government! They have given out a report that Akhbar Khan has disbanded his army for the present in order that his men may visit their families; but in the cold weather when our troops will be weakened and unfit for action he will return with an overwhelming force aided by every Mussulman as far as Ispahan when they will annihilate our whole force and march straight to Delhi and ultimately send us to our ships