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i to our jamadars. Amr Singh is the head of the army ;, and Bam Sah s 

 the chief of thefe di Uriels. 



OBober 29th.— The watchfulnefs of our guards has not in the lea ft 

 diminished. A zemindar brought to the troops fome Ghee for fale. 

 Someone complained, that oil was mixed with it. The fervant of the 



owner was laid hold of, and through fear *of being punimed, if he did not 

 confefs that his mailer had adulterated the Ghee, made an accufation to 

 this effect. The fuppofed culprit-- was* feized,-' If ripped, ■ bound,- and 

 flogged feverely 1 with thongs. /The Ghee was confiscated for the ufe of 

 fehe foldiers ; •andrtwenty-five rupees as a -fine- were ordered to be paid 

 as* the fine- to the<« lubadar—'lliouid the poor wretch not -he able to pay 

 fehis in m©ney, his cattle 'or children will be feized to the amount, and the 

 value will be paid by ihe.perfon who. is'. to benefit by the property 



OBober 30th.— To-day more troops reached us from Sirinagaars and 

 w we have with us in all about 190 men. 



■y OBober 31 ft.— Another 'jamadar now earner with a few men, faying 

 (mat he had the orders of -Bandu Thapa to proceed with us to Sir'm&~ 

 gar, from whence we were to go ta'Haridwdr ; and that an the road we 

 were to be met by Ranjur Kajee, the fan of Amr Singh. Although 

 Eandu Thapa did. not write, we thought it right to fend hirn a fhort 

 letter, dating that as we now were on the high road to Chilkia, it would 

 be highly-inconvenient for us to leave^t. This jamadar is about fixty, of 

 a more frank character than any of his brethren we have met with, and 

 is employed in going through the diftrtcl: to prevent the farmers- run- 

 ning away. He faid his efforts to give confidence to the farmers were 

 ineffectual, and the orders of the Raja were difobeyed. An order 

 bad^-been ilfued under the great feal of the prince, in conference of 



