ilO Hlslori/ of the Ramoossles. [April 



and that his object in making such a request was, that he 

 hoped to disconcert the collector, and make him suppose 

 he intended to take to the jungles again. 



There is certainly every reason to suppose, that had the 

 claims he preferred against the Punt Suchew been yielded 

 to him, he would immediately have put forth claims of a 

 more extensive nature. 



It is nov/ time to think of casting a glance towards Sa- 

 koordy, to see this man whose moral turpitude was such 

 that he was apparently never happy except when he was 

 plunging some of the inhabitants into misery and distress^ 

 by forcibly seizing their little property whenever he could 

 manage to lay his hands on it. 



On the 21st April, 1830, the Kykaries proceeded to the 

 small village of Ambay, five miles northeast of Jejoory, 

 and carried ofi property from an indigent Bunniah worth 

 two hundred and thirty- two rupees. 



Two or three days previous to this, some Ramoossles 

 employed by Oomiah proceeded to Dhurumpoory, east of 

 Phultun and upwards of fifty miles from Sakoordy, where 

 on the night of the 21st April they plundered the Patell's 

 house of gold and silver ornaments, and some rich clothes, 

 altogether valued at two thousand rupees. Of this Oomiah 

 received seven hundred rupees in gold ornaments, &c, and 

 five hundred rupees in clothes ; and he also seized the 

 horse belonging to the Ramoossy who headed the ga-ng ; 

 declaring he was a rogue, that he must have secreted part of 

 the valuables, and threatened to hand him over to the ma- 

 gistrate of Poona to be punished. This speech was made 

 no doubt to justify the retention of the horse. Subse- 

 quently, when Oomiah was pressed by the troops, the 

 Ramoossy discovered where his horse was concealed, and 

 recovered him. 



It is necessary to state here, that it is but seldom indeed 

 that so much property as this is to be found in the house of 

 a Patell in this part of the country. But this man had 

 been twelve years a confidential servant in the Peshwah's 

 employ, and was intrusted with the money bags from which 

 Bajee Row disbursed small sums in charity to the poor and 

 others^ when he visited the temples at Poona or elsewhere. 



