Note 256 — Chapter IV
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In 1837, he had written to Sir Charles Metcalfe, “Every advance you might make beyond the Sutlej to the Westward, in my opinion adds to your military weakness.... If you want your empire to expand, expand it over Oude or over Gwalior, and the remains of the Mahratta empire. Make yourselves complete sovereigns of all within your bounds. But let alone the Far West.”—[Life of Lord Metcalfe, Vol. ii. p. 306.]