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ill fortune that accursed animal had not gone to that other usual 

 place but was even lying asleep in this very small jungle so 

 by chance so it happened that there was successful hunting and 

 because of this the saheb became very happy. Moreover that 

 Mussalman could not speak by reason of that astonishing thing 

 the mouth of your honour's slave also became stopped through 

 wonder, but I gave flattering words to the sepoys and by reason 

 of the days of his leave being finished that saheb is making much 

 gladness on account of killing the big tiger during the last day. 



Further the saheb taking aside said to me that Jhoot Singh 



thou art a very good man and a clever shikdri, tell me then of an 

 altogether truth and as if holding the cow's tail that has there 

 from thy side been at any time any treachery in the matter of 

 hunting and was it truly thy some enemy who drove away the 



three tigers from that ndla of P for I have heard about 



sounds of gun also in the evening before I came to that place. 



Further but I made answer with great sadness of countenance 



that it is your honour's pleasure that having killed tigers and made 

 such good hunting that your honour is now making suspicions on 

 me surely and without doubt some person my enemy has given 

 false information but it is as your honour pleases and it is a word 

 of great sorrow and to me there is great shame because of this 



word. Further then the saheb looked at me with sharp 



looking for some time and made mention of many kinds of 

 deceivings and the tracks of the treachery which had come to his 

 knowing and I became afraid for I knew not that the saheb 

 although making dissemblings was knowing little and much. At 

 last the saheb became unsuspicious and at the time of his de- 

 parture he presented me with some rewards and gave promises of 

 returning again for hunting and said that see Jhoot Singh in this 



zillah of W there are many villainous blackguards of which 



some are of greater rank than tahsildars but knowing of their 

 astuteness I became watchful so it is come about that in spite of 

 hindering and treacheries I have killed some tigers take therefore 

 this reward because by reason of thy bravery and the good 

 hunting of the big tiger yesterday I believe that thou hast eaten 



my salt without treachery. Further and then making many 



words of coming again in a future year and arrangements thereof 



