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∗ George Forster, a civil servant of Madras, who was travelling through Rohilkhand in the disguise of a Georgian merchant, wrote in February 1783 that "the Ruhelas by a salutary system of government had enriched their country and had made their names respected . . . . had made the country populous and opulent." And, again, "The whole of this chief's [Faizullah Khan's] country evinces the beneficial effects arising from the encouragement of husbandry, and the aid of an active government. Populous villages, skirted by extensive fields of corn, are seen on all sides." [*Journey*, i. 98-99.]