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eyes of orthodox Hindus. Then again, it is said, the Merats 
refused to eat the meat of the sheep and goats provided, because 
the animals had not been hallaled. The Rawats, possibly, 
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tween the Rawats and Merats were, on the journey to and from 
further steps to get themselves recognized as orthodox Hindus. 
17. The me 
The anti-kine- 
killing letters. 
were in Hindi, and the following is an English translation 
“ A voice has been heard by Sri Jagannathji, saying, if any Hindu sells a 
cow to a butcher, or enters into any financial transaction with any butcher, I 
If anyone receiving this letter does not ma five 
populace generally, but, there are some points connected with the 
movement which appear to have an important bearing on the 
Rawat-Merat Controversy :— 
(i) The villages in which the letters were first found appeared 
to indicate that the movement was one towards ortho- 
the Coronation Contingent. This lends colour to the 
idea that Rawats, who had been to England, had 
awats were concerned in the circulation of the letters 
very early in the day, and this at a time when some of 
them had tly ret dfrom England, after a journe 
and sojourn in which theinfiuence of orthodox Hinduism 
had been brought to bear on them with a considerable 
amount of force. 
