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proposed. Soon after this he departed, 

 much to my relief, for the natives have no 

 great feeling in common with us, and if he 

 had sat another hour we should only have 

 been paying each other compliments all 

 the time. My stock of Hindostanee was 

 not very extensive, but I could make myself 

 understood pretty well ; and now, being 

 thrown entirely among natives, I acquired 

 much more of their language: I seldom 

 heard a word of English spoken, and was 

 obliged to use what I could command of 

 Hindostanee. 



When I compared my present position 

 with what it was four or five days ago I 

 could hardly realise it, and I frequently 

 shuddered when I thought of the tiger 

 jungle, and of the dungeons I had occupied, 

 awaiting execution in the morning. And 

 here I should mention, that on taking up 



