534 A JOURNEY TO LAKE MANASAROVARA, &c. 



was obviouflyhis intention to have given up a few of thefe wretches 

 to condign punilhment, in order that we mi^ht have the odium and 

 confequences of the act, and that his government might retaliate upon 

 ths PundUs, It was Hated by us, that we (hcu'd derive no pleafure or 

 fatisfaction from the immediate agents being, pumftied; but we fhould 

 be glad to know the authors of our arreftation, who weie principally 

 to blame; and we farther faid, that, as far as we were concerned,, we 

 fhould forgive the men, provided the Fund ts were immediately return- 

 ed, fo as to quit the country with us. He faid 'he would write this 

 proportion that evening to his father, and wiftied us to Hay till a mef- 

 fenger fhould return from Almora, with an an Twer. He faid that Das~ 

 rath BakshI had written to Nepal, that we had taken up between 4 

 or 500 men with mufkets &c, had erected forts on the border between 

 Bothant and the Unde's, and were endeavouring to raife the M.archas and. 

 Unias againft the GarkdUs, 



November 5th.— The jamadars lad night requefled, that the fubadars^ 

 might be furnifhed with a certificate or their good conduct towards us„ 

 We faid that we had ri) ufopctioa to give a certificate of the good be- 

 haviour of the one, and that we pardoned the other, provided he 

 would alk pardon of the old Pundit for the treatment he had experi- 

 enced from him snd his k ki:ers Lachbir Sah came m the afternoon, 

 and announced the receipt of-i letter from the R-cJM of Nopul, order- 

 ing us to be feen fafe out of thd country wkh all curt ff< cts, and th.>t we 

 fhould be treated with civility. He obferved. we uce at Lbuty to de- 

 part whenever we might think proper*. 



