OBSERVATIONS REGARDING 



ViCads, proceed, as early in the dufk of the evcnbg as poffible, that 

 they may have the night before them for retreat— -If a houfe is to be 

 robbed, they ftation men to guard all the approaches^ whilft they efiFe6i 

 the robbery ; and they invariably murder or wound all who come in 

 their way.— They are equally ianguinary with the guards efcorting^ 

 treafure ; and frequent inftances have occurred of fepoys having been- 

 furprized and butchered at night. — In the doolies they carry off iheip 

 wounded, as women, with the purdahs down ; and as in fomc of thefe 

 robberies, hajams or village barber furgeons have been apprehended 

 with the gangs, ic is probable that thefe perfons accompany to drefs 

 their wounds— Immediately the robbery is efFe6led, they travel th,4 

 whole of the night, in the diredion of their homes, with great rapidi« 

 ty ; and divide their booty on the following day, at the firft favorable 

 fpot ; when they fepxra&e and retiira to thek places of abode by dif«* 

 ferent routes* 



The clafs of Shighdl Kkors, called Kunjdrs, are faid to have formerly 

 teen very notorious as dacoits.— There are hovvever, very f.jw of this: 

 clafs remaining in the weftern provinces, and thoCe, for the moft part^ 

 earn a livelihood by the manufadare of cord, bafets and by cut- 

 tincT wood. Sec. 8cc The Bawna and Harhura eUffes of SkigJidl KhorS; 

 are particularly fqualid, and fcarcely human in their appearance. 

 The greater part of them have for time to time, beea expelled from the 

 Company's territories, but there arc ftill many remaining j and num- 

 bers frequently make temporary incurfions fro n the Mahratta States. 

 Thefe are the men who follow camps, and are particularly expert in cat- 

 ting into, ^nd fteaUng from tents. Thev are not fo notorious as g^ny; 

 robbers, as famed for their fkill as thieves and cut-purfes ; robbing in 

 crowds of peopk, and palTing the (lolen property from one to an.o» 

 ther, and pra^ifing other Smilar tacks to prevent dcte^^lion, 



