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then after a space of time he pulled and took that newspaper and 

 when he had read in it for a while he made sudden loud laughter 

 and afterwards spoke in this manner that what is this word then 

 Jhoot Singh that some enemy has placed not only white papers 

 for the disturbing of tigers but also making such cunning choosing 

 that he has placed this very one then making more laughters 

 he said also that enemy is too clever for he has chosen such 

 a paper that the tigers and other wild animals of forest will have 

 great and true frightenings besides doubtless being stricken with 

 painful faintness of the belly by the only looking at it. Further 



meantime your slave not understanding and becoming 



doubtful remained silent by reason of uncertainty because the 

 sahebs have strange ways like magic and often smile when they 



are about to strike or greatly anger themselves. Further 



the saheb again looking carefully at marks of boots and making 

 a little map thereof with pencil he spoke no more anger words but 

 again often making silent laughters to himself so he returned 



to the encampment. Further when I was eating food the 



Mussalmdn sat and talked much secret words near the saheb and 

 so when I had finished and had drunk water and was lying 

 resting at that time that old man came to my direction and having 

 spat on the ground said that Jhoot Singh it is an order that you 



now go to the jungle of B P for bringing shikar news 



but I pretended anger and gave abuse and so went at once before 

 the saheb and made many words of people casting doubts on my 

 works because some one my enemy in this village had done 

 treachery in order to break my aonour through jealousy and so 



after a while again the saheb became unsuspecting. Further 



remained in this camp four-five days and himself the saheb went 

 and arranged the tying of hllas and every day in the morning 

 time he went to see if gara had resulted and was loosening 

 the hllas. Further from another direction during night- 

 time there came a strange tigress to this bandi and there was gara 

 and beating of jungle but with fortune that ball missed and that 

 day because of a great bravery which was performed by your slave 

 in going near the tigress the saheb has become very pleased and 

 made much praise of that work and the Mussalman and other 

 sepoys are looking in my direction with great affliction. This 



