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In the primitive process of aggregation, the shire or gau, governed by its witenagemote or "meeting of wise men," and by its chief magistrate who was called ealdorman in time of peace and heretoga, "army-leader," dux, or duke, in time of war, the shire, I say, in this form, is the largest and most complex political body we find previous to the formation of kingdoms and nations.
In ancient Heathen times, I suppose, it meant the GAU, or District, of THOR; Capital of that Gau, part of which, now under Christian or quasi-Christian circumstances, you have just been traversing, with Elbe on your right hand.
That swell beyond the mango trees under which the nhil gau are feeding, is Mungalwar, Havelock's menacing position. No wonder though the outskirts of this town on the high road present a ruined appearance. It is Busseerutgunge, the scene of three of Havelock's battles and victories, fought and won in a single fortnight.
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