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worthy to carry me ; indeed, he knew of 

 an animal which had belonged to one of 

 the gentlemen of the army, but had un- 

 fortunately been lost by him ; he knew 

 where the man lived who had found him, 

 and in two days he should be mine. No 

 doubt the fellow stole the horse, but I was 

 not in a position to look too closely into 

 matters of this sort, so I gladly consented 

 to remain the kotwal' s guest for a couple 

 of days ; and, in the meantime, the darzi 

 (native tailor) was hard at work making 

 me some presentable clothing of which, 

 as I observed before, I was sadly in need. 

 I was soon lodged in a cool, comfortable 

 hut, and every attention shewn me; I 

 hired a few additional servants whom the 

 Bengalee superintended for me, the kot- 

 wal, from his own table, sending my 

 meals, which consisted of roast and boiled 



