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Brahmin to be sent for to find out the thief; he 

 came, and wrote down all the names of my ser- 

 vants, as a preliminary step to their undergoing the 

 rest of the ceremony ; however, it became unne- 

 cessary, for in the morning the gold Mohur was 

 replaced in the box. 



At another time a large glass mortar was 

 broken, and none of my servants would confess 

 having done it ; I therefore threatened to deduct 

 from all their wages the value of the mortar ; my 

 head bearer, (who in India is often a kind of house- 

 keeper, and considers himself answerable for 

 every thing under his charge,) thinking it a re- 

 flection on his integrity, sent for a Brahmin, who 

 went through all the ceremony to the delivery of 

 the rice, when the culprit acknowledged. It is 

 much to the credit of the native servants in India, 

 that the before mentioned theft is the only 

 instance that I know of, of any servant's attempt- 

 ing to steal any thing from me, during such a 

 long residence there. 



Having met with Sir John Shore's (now Lord 

 Teignmouth) account of the trial of three men of 

 Ramghur for the murder of five women for being 



