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have been fettered and buried in the ground up to the neck. On 

 their release the two persons made a formal complaint to the Ra- 

 jah, who summoned Dulgunjun Sing to Nagpore to answer for it, 

 but as he paid no attention to the order, it was found necessary to 

 send a force to apprehend him. On his arrival at Raipore in 1261 

 Fusly he was imprisoned for a period of 18 months, and was then 

 taken to Nagpore. Bhopal Deo his brother, the Rajah of Bustar, 

 died in 1262 Fusly, and a petition was presented by a Vakeel at 

 Nagpore in the name of Bhyro Deo, the son of Bhopal Deo stating 

 that his father had died, that there was no one capable of under- 

 taking the management of the estate, and praying therefore that 

 his uncle might be released, &c. The Rajah however, suspecting 

 the authenticity of this, deputed one of the public servants at Rai- 

 pore (a Kotwal receiving 7 Rupees per month) to ascertain the .state 

 of matters at Jugdulpore. The object of this person's mission seems 

 to have been to patch up the quarrel, and to arrange the return of 

 Dulgunjun Sing once more to conduct the affairs of the dependen- 

 cy. He obtained from the Rajah a petition to the same effect as 

 that formerly received, and deposed before the Rajah of Nagpore to 

 its being the earnest desire of Bhyro Deo and his mother that Dul- 

 gunjun Sing should once more be released and allowed to return to 

 the management of affairs. This the Rajah approved, and at the 

 same time issued an order to the Soobah at Raipore, enclosing co- 

 pies of an agreement (Karar) taken from Dulgunjun Sing and a 

 list of 18 gurhs composing his appanage, from information obtain- 

 ed from himself, (which however entirely differ from those origi- 

 nally allotted to him having been it is supposed selected). The 

 agreement is to the effect that the Rajah is the rightful ruler and 

 that Dulgunjun Sing should not go beyond the limits of his 18 

 Gurhs. Dulgunjun Sing returned to Bustar for the third time in 1263 

 Fusly, having been in Raipore about one and a half year and in 

 Nagpore 9 months and ever since his return he has had the entire 

 management of the dependency. These particulars are authen- 

 tic, and may in a great measure be corroborated by public records in 

 Raipore and Nagpore. Dulgunjun Sing is now rather more than 

 30 years of age, not deficient in intelligence or capacity but of an 

 exceedingly overbearing and unconciliating proud disposition, 

 which renders him as inaccessible to the people as they appear re- 



