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attention, but was impatient for the Governor's 

 arrival, to learn what stej^s would be taken 

 towards the restoration of his territory. 



Bombay Avas at this time in an uneasy 

 state ; disaffection had recently been discovered 

 amongst the native troops at the Presidency, 

 and by those best informed, was supposed to 

 have spread considerably ; some executions had 

 taken place just before our arrival, and the 

 demeanour of tlie native population towards 

 Europeans was in the highest degree disre- 

 spectful. Although Dellii had fallen nearly two 

 months before, the fact was disbelieved, or the 

 natives professed to disbelieve it, saying, " Oh, 

 you told us you had taken the place before, and 

 that you know was a falsehood." There cer- 

 tainly was truth in this, as a false report of the 

 fall of Delhi had been some time before in cir- 

 culation. Fortunately for the safety of the town, 

 the Bombay Police had at its head one of 

 the most energetic and thoroughl}^ efficient 

 officers in India, Mr Forjett, a gentleman who 

 speaks several languages just as a native, and 

 can assume any kind of disguise. He disco- 

 vered the existence of a plot, having for its 

 object the massacre of all tlie Europeans and 



