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himself answerable for every thing under his 

 charge] thinking it a reflection on his inte- 

 grity,, sent for a Brahmin, who went through 

 all the ceremony to the delivery of the rice, 

 \\hentheculprit 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 at- 

 tempting to steal any thing from me, during 

 such a long residence there. 



Having met with Sir John Shore's [no\\ 

 Lord Teign mouth] account of the trial of 

 three men of Ramghur for the murder of 

 five women for being witches, which account 

 is taken from official records, and is in itself 

 very curious, at the same time corroborates 

 strongly the description I have given of the 

 ignorance and superstition of the Inhabitants 

 of that country, that I shall here insert it. 



This is the same trial I have given a short 

 description of in page 141, and although 

 it differs in some particulars, the material 



