A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.14

v2.c35.14

The President and Council of Bombay, on receiving the Bengal order of the 31st May, directed an immediate cessation of hostilities; and as soon as the roads permitted, Colonel Keating, accompanied by Rugoba, returned towards Surat. But instead of strictly retiring within the Company’s districts, Colonel Keating, on the earnest recommendation of Rugoba, was permitted by the Bombay Government to encamp at Karod, a village about twenty-five miles east of Surat, which, although a deviation from the orders of the Supreme Government, was afterwards acknowledged as a useful support in facilitating their (Dec. 28.) negotiations at Poorundur; at which place Colonel Upton arrived on the 28th December.