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‘If it is beyond your powers, then within whose 
powers is it ?”’ | 
Negi Jitbar said: ‘‘If you order me to go, whom | 
will you make my munshi ?’’ 
‘* Munshi Marat Singh shall be your munshi.’’ 
‘* You have given me a munshi, but who shall be 
my writer ?”’ 
‘‘Your writer shall be the son of the Repaltu,! 
irda Ram.’’ 
‘* You have given me a writer, but who will be my 
dafddar ?’? 
** Your dafdddr shall be the young man of Sanglé,” 
Thakur Das.”’ 
Negi Jitbar said : ‘‘ Despatch the kit.’’ 
Fifty coolies and Rs. 5,000 in cash 
Within a week reached Chini, 
Where there was an English bungalow. : 
There Negi Jitbar Kharyan now built a fine tahsil 
building. 
Munshi Marat Singh said, ‘‘ What a place it is! 
If we look, there’s Kailas mountain, the sacred 
place of the Hindis, 
Like the younger brother of Sarahan.”’ 
Negi Jitbar said: ‘‘ Let us go for a walk 
Towards the village of Kothi or Kostampi.’ 
Then walking down and down, he reached the tem- 
ple of Chatdika, : 
And said that he would like to ask something of 
Chaiidika. 
Chandiké said: <‘ What do you want to ask of me 
at midday 2’ 
Negi Jitbar replied, ‘* Your order is required 
To ene the tahsil in Chini; are you pleased or 
not ?’’ 
Chaiidiké replied, «I am not pleased.’’ ; 
Negi Jitbar said : «« You should not be displeased : 
{t is an order from the plains. cu 
Will you be pleased to give me the field at Chini, 
To make a garden ?”” : 
“e i Chatidiké replied, ‘‘ I will not give the 
eld 
I am not satisfied with the settlement oper ation af 
I will go down to Rampar before the Tiké Sahib, 
And will give him an answer, ” 
T am not pleased with the survey of the land. 
4 A abe (Sanets in Saiiglé, a village of Outer Tukpé pargand 
tac in Outer Tukpaé pargand. : 
village in Shawa pargana where Chaiidika’s temple is. 
