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i having completed 3358 paces in a foutherly direction with fome calling 

 and welling, we encamped near a Pipal tree, having the Pindar on 

 our left, and the Chandpur nullah emptying into this river in a broken 

 ftream a little bffore ,us, and about a quarter of a mile below our 



; former-aground of .encampment. The foldiers along with us have 

 fca^cly.-any jartridges, and would have, the worfl of it, were they to 

 atta-k u,:, but I trull this is not their intention although^! perceive their 



jEiumL°rs are increafeeL s 



tQEtober :i 2th —Thermometer 50 . Night ,57®. A iervant, I had 

 brought from Pipal KSti had been fcveral times at Adh-Bhadri, and 

 dated that the road on the right fide of the Chandpur nullah was fhorter 

 and better, than that by Tope or Tdmbd Koti, and that the people from 

 this part of the country always went by this road. As it was a great 

 objecl with me to fave di(lance 9 I refolved to .go by this road; my 

 companion determined to go by the other. I considered this a matter 

 of little con feculence as the feparation would only be for a. few hours. 

 Whilfl on the road a flout Gorkdli, whom I had. not before. Teen, and who 

 from his drefs appeared of a rank fuperior to the reft, fpoke to me in a 

 very , infolent tone, and placed himfelf in a menacing position ftriking 

 his. mufket. violently againfl the ground. I fnatched my gun from mV 

 fervant, cocked. it,. and flopped with the intention of (hooting him if he 

 advanced a Jingle flep towards me. Another foldier, feeing what I was 

 about, ran, begged me to defift, and abufed the man who had been im- 

 pertinent. The village was on a very high fpot. I left my goats a 

 few yards behind, and with my Kkaldsi, Cheta, went into a fquare flag- 

 ged, on two fides of which were low buildings for cattle, and in front 

 a high Chabutra conneded with fome houfes. On the edge of this flood 

 twenty-five Gorkdli Sipahis, principally new faces, and on the flags 

 Wqw were my loads. I afked who was the head of this force, 



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