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to their villages as booty of the first order. A cask of 

 rum regaled the invaders (and wines and beers not being 

 appreciated, the bottles were emptied), and the chairs 

 were duly appropriated to the purposes for which they 

 were intended. Contentment soon turned into mischief, 

 such as cutting up books with their dahs (swords about 

 3 2 to 4 inches broad at the top, and tapering gradually 

 to the handle, and about 26 inches long), and relieved 

 tables and other furniture of their legs. Mischief 

 -quickly ripened into quarrels amongst themselves some 

 fighting, some stealing, and others committing every de 

 scription of violence inside the burgalow (house), whilst 

 those without were busy firing the whole. To a suit of 

 clothes, everything had disappeared. On that occasion 

 no produce was lost, Mr. Bonynge having cautiously, 

 crop by crop, despatched it to a Government factory for 

 final preparation ; but this season we are led to believe 

 that all has been sacrificed 400 monds (32,000 Ibs.) 

 Still, whatever the loss may be, we hold that after former 

 warnings, and promises of good behavior to the Govern 

 ment, Mr. Bonynge will have a claim, inasmuch as he 

 placed implicit faith on the mutual good understanding, 

 and the tacit promise of protection both to life and pro 

 perty. Summary punishment must be inflicted on these 

 races by nature robbers and murderers ere they can 

 fully appreciate the British character. Lenient and 

 undecisive measures will not only encourage these attacks, 

 but strengthen the belief, where it exists, of our arm 

 being but a feeble one.&quot; 



Last year, their villages were fired, their crops des 

 troyed, and threats of utter annihilation proclaimed ; 

 those proximate to the nearest military station (Jaipoor) 



