SHEIKH SALY. 199 



Cliuttor Sliali's tomb, and on his return in 

 twenty days informed the Moonshee that he 

 had obtained some information, and would let 

 him know all particulars on the following day. 

 He then requested that the two men who were 

 in confinement should be sent with him to a 

 certain old mosque. The astrologer next pre- 

 pared a charm, and directed one of the' men to 

 throw it into the air and dig where it should 

 fall; he accordingly did so, and at a considerable 

 depth dug up the Thibet cow's tail, but minus 

 its golden handle. This, however, was some- 

 thing, and the astrologer being questioned, said 

 that his reason for searching in the mosque was 

 by desu'c of the saint at whose shrine he had 

 been to worship, and who had appeared to 

 him when praying at his tomb, and that he 

 expected shortly to obtain complete information, 

 on the strength of which the Moonshee made 

 him a further advance of rujDees. About this 

 time the Moonshee was advised to institute strict 

 inquiry amongst all the j^urchasers of gold at 

 Khyrpoor and the villages for some miles around. 

 The advice was judicious, for many days had 

 not elapsed when several persons came forward 

 with broken pieces of gold, which they declared 



