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* { mind. He was well dreffed, and had many jewels on, and he retired 

 $ with a fnort fpear in his hand,' and with a refolute afpecl. I and fome 

 ■** others purfued him for the fake of his jewels, and, having furrounded 

 9ft him, we allied him if he was fome chief, or the Bhow himfelf; and 

 ai told him not to be afraid, for we would do him no harm, but carry him 

 *' wherever he defirqd. As he made no reply, one of my companions grew 

 " angry, and wounded him with a fpear, which he returned, upon which 

 *•' we killed him, and cut off his head, but not without his wounding two 

 ■" or three of us - s the head another perfon has got." This la.ft circumftanc^ 

 was not true, for the head was after wards, found with this very man. 



The Naval; carried the body, and that of Suntajee Na jah (which had 

 forty cuts of fwords upon it) to the camp upon two elephants, and inform- 

 ed the Shah of all the circumstances. 



The Sh a h , in complimentto Shuj a h-u l-Dowxah, gave orders that the'fe 

 *wq bodies, together with the body of Biswas Row, ihould be burned 

 according to the cuflom of their cafts, and fent twenty of his Ncfuckchees 

 to attend, and prevent the Duranmes from giving any interruption to the 

 ceremony. His Excellency gave the bodies in charge tome, and told me that 

 I was of the fame country and tribe, and therefore he defired that I would 

 burnthem whh the proper ceremonials ; and he fent Rajah An ufg hi re with 

 the Nefurtchecs to attend me. Accordingly I carried them to a fpot between 

 the Shah's ca^p and the Navab's, anJ, having warned them with Ganges 

 water, and perfumed them with fandal wood, I burned them. 



About two thoufand of the fugitives from the Buow's camp, who had 

 efcaped from flaiigl L erby Shuj aii-ul-Dowlah's protection, were prefent 



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