Autograph letter signed : Bombay, to Colonel Murray, 1803 Dec. 3.

Offering counsel on the behavior and standards of an officer with respect to the Indians; saying "Ours should be an open a candid fair behavior - I would know my point and Stick to it - say this I will or will not do & I would let them see I was not to be changed from my purpose such dignified conduct would shew them we are as much their superiors in liberal fair transactions as we are in the field - I likewise think the moment we depart from such a line of conduct, as I have mentioned, we enter into one where they are as much our superiors, as we are theirs in spiritted exertions and a knowledge of Tactics;" referring to a conversation he had with the Governor on the subject of his engagement for the Godra district... relating news of the victory over "a fresh army of Scindias" by the Commander in Chief [General Lake]; adding "...it has cost us dear, but then it seems to have broken up the Army on which he could only place a last hope, for now he has not one that has not fatally felt our superiority, & I am sure they will not for years face us, unless they may from some disastrous calamity, be encouraged to do so from our force having dwindled away so much as to encourage the hope of totally destroying us - for while we can shew a respectable force in the field we may walk over the country unopposed by Scindia - I think it will keep Holkar quiet...;" discussing the raising of a Cavalry Corps at Gujarat.