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assistance, before the fellows had time to make off, 

 or seerete the money; they, however, assumed a 

 great deal of effrontery, and demanded that the mat- 

 ter should be submitted to the decision of the Jfe- 

 luint.s : before this tribunal the cause M-as consequent' 

 ly broug'ht, and an accusation laid against the sepoy, 

 by these men of Alanra?': the money was produced, 

 and lodged in court, and the cause on both sides, 

 heard Avdth deliberation. Unlucky for the Manva- 

 rees, they had neither opportunity to examine or 

 change the money; and knew not what species of 

 coin made up this sum : which circumstance led to 

 their conviction : for being enjoined by the ]\IeJiuntSy 

 to describe the money they had lost, they named coin 

 ^ery different from what the purse contained: but 

 "when the sepoy was called upon to answer the same 

 question, he specified the money exactly. The judges 

 immediately gave a decision, in flivour of the sepoy, 

 and restored him his money: the JMancars \yGxei\uGd 

 each in the sum of five rupees, and sentenced to re- 

 ceive each fifty stripes, upon their bare backs witb 

 the Korah. 



The Goos-'^-cf/ns maintained an uncontested anthorir 

 ty, till the arrival of about 12 or 14,000 iScckhoYse-> 

 men, with their families, &c. who encamped on the 

 plains about Jualaporc. Their errand here was avowed 

 to be bathing; and goon after their arrival they sent 

 OoDASSEE, their princi|);d priest or Gooroo, to make 

 choice of asituation on the ii\cr side, where he erect- 

 ed the distinguishing fkag of their sect, for the guid-. 

 ance and direction of its follow eis, to the spot. It ap- 

 peared, however, that no compliments or intimation 

 of their intentions, had been made to the ruling pow- 

 er; and the Goossci/ihs, not willing to achnitofany in- 

 fringement of their authority, pulled down the flag, 

 and drove out of the place those w ho accompanied 

 it. Some slight resistance was shewn by the Scck.^y 

 in support of their priest, and the dignity of their 

 flag, but \\'as repelled with much violence, and the 



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