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APPENDIX II by the stratagem; no one could have the impudence to scrutinize his features. In short, for six months he persevered in his imposture, until the news reached Poona, when some spies went over to him to examine strictly into the case, and discovered that he was not Bhao. About the same period, Malhar Rao Holkar was THE HILL OF I'ARVATI FROM THE LAKE, NEAR POONA, moving from the Deccan towards Hindustan, and his road happened to lie through the spot where the pre- tender in question had pitched his tents. The spies already mentioned disclosed the particulars of the case to Malhar Rao, who thought to himself that until Par- vati Bai, the late Bhao's wife, had seen this individual with her own eyes, and all her doubts had been re- moved, it would not do to inflict capital punishment on the impostor, for fear the lady should think in her