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Throughout the native states in Malwa and Eajpootana 

 we were much annoyed by thieves at night, and the dexterity 

 of these villains was wonderful. With greased bodies they 

 wriggled along the ground between the sentries, and stole 

 articles from tents filled with soldiers. Night after night 

 they entered the tents of the officers, taking away anything 

 which they could move. I almost alone escaped, possibly 

 because I was known to be the " Political Sahib," but more 

 probably owing to the watchful guardianship of a black and 

 tan terrier at the foot of 'my bed. 



While we marched leisurely towards Nusserabad, the 

 wretched Tantia was kept moving, and nowhere could he find 

 rest for the sole of his foot. Column after column darted out 

 from the British cantonments, all acting in unison, and all 

 bent on avenging Cawnpore. For seven months we had been 

 perpetually on his track, and it was now certain that his 

 diminished band of men and horses could not hold out much 

 longer. Driven through Marwar by the Nusserabad force, 

 they crossed the hills into Meywar, where they found us in 

 readiness to take up the pursuit. At this time it had become 

 generally known throughout India that the royal amnesty 

 which had been proclaimed was lona fide, and, acting on the 

 faith of it, about 200 of Tantia's men came in and laid down 

 their arms. The remainder fled again across Malwa, dispers- 

 ing as they went, till Tantia, deserted by his followers, sought 

 refuge with a chief of the Gwalior territory who was in rebel- 

 lion against Scindiah. This man, anxious to secure the good 

 offices of the British in effecting a reconciliation between 

 himself and his own sovereign, betrayed Tantia to a party 

 sent to arrest him. The latter was sent to Seepree, where he 

 was tried and hanged. 



