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the man's death in various ways, but subsequently v/heii 

 the particulars were described to him, he admitted that 

 the man had been destroyed. 



It must be observed here, that Kalloo Ramoossy, 

 when searching on one occasion for the gang- for the 

 purpose of rejoining it, shortly before the skirmish at 

 Greem occurred, was unfortunately seized at the village 

 of Mandur by a party of the Nuggur Police corps, as be- 

 ing one of the insurgents, and when he was obliged in 

 consequence to shew his passport, the sepoys would not 

 credit his statement ; and concluded that he must have 

 obtained the pass by some fraudulent means ; he was 

 ordered to be set at liberty the same night, and no ques- 

 tions to be put to him. But the circumstance became 

 somewhat public, that Kalloo had been seized and re- 

 leased, and it was conjectured therefore that he must 

 be in the employ of the Sirkar. 



Kalloo and his two cousins joined the Bund ia Phul- 

 tundesh, and having framed a plausible story to tell 

 Oomiah, they showed him sind Bhojajee their passports, 

 adding that the only chance left them of escaping death 

 or transportation, was by offering to seize the leaders of 

 the gang, and that they never intended, or never could 

 perform so perfidious an act. Again they saw tliat 

 their only chance of safety was by continuing with the 

 Bund, and as a proof of the truth of their statement they 

 produced their passports. A communication was kept 

 up v/ith them through the aid of some of their women, 

 and it appears that they were closely watched by Oomi- 

 ah and some others, and indeed that they had reason to 

 feel somewhat alarmed. They were pressed to hasten 

 the apprehension of the ringleaders ; upon this they ex- 

 pressed their readiness to destroy them, if orders were 

 given to them to that effect ; this they were peremptori- 

 ly forbidden, and directed to accomplish the object in 

 the manner that had been pointed out to them. 



