APPENDIX B . 
( See Journal, p. 62.) 
The Revd. W. K. Firminger has very kindly placed at my disposal the follow- 
ing letter of Rennell’s, which he has recently discovered among the Records preserved 
at Murshidabad. Godagary, near which place the incident occurred, is on the left 
bank of the Ganges, due north of Murshidabad : — 
To Richard Becker Esq. 
Chief of the Confronting Council of Revenue 
at Murshidabad 
Bowanygunge 
Deer. 9 1770. 
Sir, 
I beg leave to lay before you a Complaint against Caddar Beg, a Mogul & 
Zemindar of a small District named Pulsah, lying about 5 Coss inland from Gada- 
gary. I am employed on a Survey of the Roads, etc., on the North side of the 
Ganges, & halted near Pulsah, the 5th instant, at Noon. A few minutes after our 
Arrival the Villagers came arm’d, & threatened to fall upon us. I asked them if 
they had any Complaint to make. They abused me, told me no, & insisted that I 
should go away. We soon dispersed them without making use of any Weapons, as 
I never suffer a Sepoy to fire till matters come to an Extremity. Whilst they were 
in the action of running away, we caught one of them, a Burkundass, who had 
entangled himself in the Jungle. I enquired of him who the Village belonged to, 
& (after disarming him) sent him with a message to Caddar Beg, informing him of 
my Business in these Parts. 
From this Time none of my People enter’d the Village, altho’ everything seemed 
quiet : yet, about two hours afterwards, a Mogul (Caddar Beg) appear’d on Horse- 
back, & with him a very great Rabble, some of them armed with Matchlocks, and 
the rest with Pykes and Swords, etc. Without sending me any Message, he came 
within Call and told me that he was come to fight me. I was obliged to have 
Recourse to my Sepoys, but hoping to end the matter with little Bloodshed, I aimed 
a single shot at the Mogul which, however, missed him, but killed a man close by 
him. This had the desired effect of making them retire to a greater Distance ; but 
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