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of the greatest undertaking, but a summary of character must reject speculation. As a predatory leader his qualities were great; he was brave and eloquent, enterprising and skilful. The period at which he lived, and the circumstances under which he acted, are so very different from those of Sivajee, that a comparison cannot be succinctly drawn. Yet the distinctions are sufficiently obvious, and Bajee Rao, though a better man, must remain a much less distinguished character in history.