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fakir kept the inftruments he ufed in prayer. He made his reprefen- 

 tation to the fubadar, but was ordered back into confinement. This 

 did not difconcert him. Fie was confident thaths (hould be able to 

 execute the com million he was charged with. He faid that he had 

 eaten my fait, would not be ungrateful ; that he mould not flop here, 

 but having his beard fhaved, and having changed his drefs, he fhould 

 proceed with an anfwer to Almora, or wherever we might be. He 

 left me,, and I fuffered an hour to elapfe before I' looked for him. He 

 was then fitting down on the ground with his blanket on his head and 

 arranging fome wood in a bundle, as if' for cooking. When another 

 hour had paffcd again, I faw the heap of wood with a bundle of clothes 

 laying by it, clofe to one of the fentries, but the fakir had difappeared. 

 Should he fucceed, we owe him great obligation,, as' the probability 

 of our deliverance depends almofl entirely on the reprefentation Sir 

 E. Colebrooke will make to the chief of Almora--. We defired the fu- 

 badar to allow the major to -write a letter- from us jointly to the Chiutra, 

 Bam Sah dating in general terms, that as we had been imprifoned, 

 and bound by his order, we defired to be taken to Almora. We en- 

 clofed a note to Mr. Hawkins, mentioning the impnfonment, andre- 

 quefted the Choutrato forward it to ■< that gentleman. I gave the m jor 

 a* pair of fciffirs for his trouble, and a rupee to each of the two foldiers, 

 who were going to Ahnora with'the ■ letter. A reward of three more 

 was promifed if they brought us an anfwer on the fourth day. A consi- 

 derable number of farmers was brought together by order of the fuba- 

 dar, in order to fhow them the onrr'fhment he had inflicted on tne Sahib 

 log ; commiferation was depicted in their countenances, which formed a 

 linking contrail with thoTtb of' our guards. The old Gofain con- 

 tinues his kindnefs in b"in ing ^11 the milk his caw five's, morning 

 and night; Thio is very' littiej but it (hews his will. 



