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tentedly as if the tent had been trans- 

 ported and erected in its proper place in 

 our camp at Chinsura. I rushed at the 

 man whose business it was to take the tent 

 down ; and, angry as I then was, I need 

 not say that he did not awake to find a bed 

 of roses ; his shrieks soon brought all my 

 naukar log (servants) around us, and then 

 such a Babel of sounds penetrated my ears 

 that I was stupified at first ; each man 

 wished me clearly to understand it was not 

 his fault, but that the delay was all owing 

 to the idleness and wickedness of all the 

 others; and that I was aRustumjee, which 

 means a good master, and my clear good 

 sense would soon shew me who was my 

 faithful servant, and who were Shaitans, or 

 sons of the devil. This row continued till 

 I lost all patience, and I used my chabuk, 

 or whip, with vigour and satisfactory re- 



