APPENDIX 



THE LETTERS OF JHOOT SINGH 



Being a literal translation of the letters of one Jhoot Singh, 

 process-server, tahsil chaprasi, and some time shikdri in the 



tahsil of W , to that most exalted, kind, brave one, Luchcha 



Ali Khan Saheb, Tahsildar of W . (All written very illiter- 

 ately in the Hindi language and character.) 



(i) The exalted one of high dignity, protector of the poor, 

 appreciator of worth, the kind Khan Saheb Tahsildar, the brave, 

 to him-wards salaams. 



Let it be known unto your honour that the petition of your 

 dependant is this that yesterday evening that English saheb to 

 whom your honour made reference he is arrived in camp here at 



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