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will have abundantly appeared from the preceding pages that none of of the charges brought against the Maharaja are sustainable, that he is thoroughly loyal to the British Government, that he is an ardent well-wisher of his subjects, that he is not a tyrant but is full of kindness and benevolent intentions, that he always tried his best to improve the administration in all its branches, that his failure has been due to causes beyond his control, that the misgovernment in his State has been very much magnified and exaggerated, and that he has been held responsible for defects in the government of his State which were handed down from generation to generation. The Maharaja, as I have observed before, had fallen a victim to misrepresentations which vanished, like mists