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P . Further as it is known to your honour already those 



his servants who are his sepoy orderlies of whom there be four 

 one a Kshatriya like your slave two Jats and one old Mussalman 

 who have for some time-space been making endeavours to spy out 

 the land these very people have previously to your slave's arrival 



found that there is a tiger in this jungle of P and had tied 



helas and that tiger had previously to the arrival of that saheb 



eaten one Mia. Further again last night was their tying of Mlas 



and I had made representations before the saheb that on account 

 of my knowing all this jungle and the state thereof he should 

 permit me to examine the hela near Gat jungle which of all places 

 the most favourite and the saheb said go Jhoot Singh and I will 



send one sepoy with in order to aid. Further accordingly I 



went to-day very early morning and when in the neighbourhood 

 of Gat I said to the sepoy see brother it is good only for one man 

 to examine with great carefulness for this cause remain resting 

 here awhile and I will go to see that htla if it be gdra or if it be 

 alive and so he sat and I went and the tiger having made gdra 

 was sitting near (the kill) and by beating on a tree with my stick 

 he ran away and by beating tree farther on he ran away more and 

 went quickly and without doubt is gone from this jungle of Gat so 

 I called that sepoy and said there is gdra taken place and surely 



to-day there will be good hunting. Further and because there 



could not be found sufficient villagers for beating that jungle of 

 which your honour will doubtless understand a reason so the 

 English saheb sat vainly by night near the gdra and in the morn- 

 ing I said we will remain here more days and tie more helas for I 

 know this tiger he is a very big old one and a great thief. Further 



it is the patel of P that has much helped the saheb in this 



place and so I have threatened and struck with shoe according to 

 your honour's order the rest is all well to-day the date the five 

 May the signature of Jhoot Singh chaprasi. 



(2) The exalted, etc., etc. 



Protector of the poor be it known to your honour that again 

 that tiger that remained yet in jungle of Gat had eaten a htla and 

 that because of this occurring in a distant part when I was gone 

 elsewhere it was that Mussalman sepoy that this time brought 



