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tion, must have been well aware that it would be little 

 attended to ; in fact, it may be considered as an act of 

 desperation on their part, fully indicating the helpless- 

 ness of their situation, for they could not expect to ac^ 

 complish more than an attack upon some of the treasuries. 



The Bund proceeded easterly v*'ith the intention of 

 taking some rest in the country round Perinda, but they 

 found themselves surrounded here by various detach- 

 ments, and learned that Essoo Neekary, one of the chief 

 ringleaders, had been seized near Baramutty, and that 

 Amrootah Naik, a brother of Oomiah's, (who had fled 

 after the skirmish at Mandurdeo,) had also been appre- 

 hended near Perinda. The gang therefore crossed the 

 country rapidly towards the hills southeast of Phultun. 

 Oomiah now gave his long proclamation to a Dhere 

 that had acted as their guide to the banks of the Neera, 

 with strict orders to deliver it to the Patell of his vil- 

 lage, who was to obey the injunctions laid down in the 

 document. 



The Patell upon receiving the proclamation very pro- 

 perly carried it to the Kamavisdar of Indapoor, who 

 forwarded it by post, via Sassoor, to Poona. It was 

 long doubted whether Oomiah really had prepared and 

 put forth this paper, and no certain information on the 

 subject could be gained until he was apprehended. 

 When he was questioned respecting it, after he was 

 seized, he said, laughing, that he had kept it some days 

 by him, and then gave it to the Dhere^ adding that it 

 was nothing more than a frolic. 



Oomiah having had some conversation with the Patell 

 of a village in Phultundesh, when he was proceeding 

 south, mentioned that it was his intention to go in the 

 direction of Vissallgur and Sawunt wary — that he could 

 not remain in this part of the country, while so many 

 detachments were in pursuit of him. This information 

 was in a few days made public, and without doubt pro- 



