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that they were thus placed to prevent the escape of Narrain Row, 

 a brahmin of consequence, whom the rebel Hyat, on his treaty 

 with general Mathews, had appointed collector of the revenue; 

 as also to hinder the flight of the former inhabitants of that coun- 

 try, who might then be in the fort; adding that the sultaun had 

 given him the most positive orders not to suffer the garrison to 

 embark unless all his people were given up. 



Had the smallest doubt existed of the fate to which these un- 

 fortunate persons were devoted upon their falling into the hands 

 of the sultaun, this order would have removed it. It therefore 

 became the duty of humanity, as well as national honour, to 

 shield them from the tyrant's vengeance. Captain Torriano im- 

 mediately determined at all events to save them; but in the pre- 

 sent situation of affairs he thought it most prudent to temporize; 

 and practising a virtuous deception, he acquainted Mirza that 

 whatever number of people under this description had remained, 

 he must have considered as part of that garrison he had received 

 orders to withdraw, and should consequently have insisted upon 

 embarking them; but they were then totally out of the question; 

 for, suspecting what would happen, they had made their escape. 

 Mirza replied he was greatly misinformed, as he himself had 

 taken such precautions, that it was impossible for a man to have 

 passed the camp without his knowledge; he therefore hoped there 

 would be no objection to his searching the fort and gallivat ; ob- 

 serving, that although it was of little consequence to him whether 

 Narrain Row was really taken or not, it was of the first im- 

 portance for him to prove that every effort had been exerted for 

 that purpose. 



