ITt OF THE MU'EDERERS ■' 



iii#€^4ji eonfiil; of fewer perfons than' fdrmeFlv';; their plans arelef^f; 

 fyflematic, their range is lefs a.mple j ihey roam the coiintry more fe-. 

 «^fetly ; more frequently changing their names, and places of abode ; 

 and adoptin{f other: precau,tiori3ry in-e^furQ^'itp, fcreen themfelves from^ 

 juflice, Unfartuhately, few,' of the numerous; F'k.mstgdrs that have afe 

 different ciniiesbeeia apDreheoded* Gould be. convidted in arcordahc©- 

 with fehe evideijce required by the AiahmnpJ'^d/i'n.^ criminal i^w ; w^hichs 

 adrnitting not the teftimonyof" accomplices, and rarely the fufSciencf 

 of (Irong circumliantiafevidencp -uiilefseQnfirrigied by the confeilioq: 

 of the culprits, their adhere^Ge tO; proteilations of innocence has alone^ 

 but too frequently? -exempted them from, punifhment, Thofe th":t 

 have been tried and releafed becoming greater adepts in deceit, have^ 

 tpgether with, their old prope^fities, carried with them a knowledge of 

 the form of trial, and of the gat^i^re^ Qf the. evidence requifite to their^ 

 convidion. 



The habits and proceedings of the FMn^i^gdrs. it is reaforiable tO'* 

 . conclude have been modified and v.!ried, by different circumflances 

 and events of a local or political nature- in the fqveral ftates infefted by 

 them, in fome places approximating more than in others to the fore- 

 going defcription. There is every reafon to believes that in, the Deccan, 

 apd more particularly in the Eerrjtpries of the .iV/'Z<27;j, P'hdnsigdrs are 

 very numerous. They wJU be nam rally encouraged^tc? fettle in.. g rebate r 

 numbers, and to carry on thei^r p radices with lefs caution and fecrpcy, 

 iB,,aL-CQuntry, a,.prey;^ to_gparcliy oc.jnvaiipns where the admini.flration, 

 is feeble or cor'fuptj or where' crimes are conflantly comrpitted with im- 

 punity. -It is alfo not «oreafoiiable-to. fappofe, that-, they may occafion»' 

 ally a6l in,concert with other clafTes of delinquents ; and that their pro- 

 ceedings may fometimes be of a mixed nature, partaking of the pecu^ 

 liarities^of thofe ^with whom' they may beiodeague. In thofe countries.. 

 ^I^^t where P'hdnsfg'ari has beeodong ' praflifcd, it may be prefumedg 



