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^vith ropes; during this time Oomiah shouicil and railed 

 loudly for assistance. A messenger was now dispatch- 

 ed to Bhore for some Sioundies, and Kalloo went to 

 ascertain how Pandoo and the other llanioossies were 

 en£ra<:jed. He met them advancing within about three 

 hundred yards with their uplifted swords: they inquired 

 tlir cause (.fthe noise and uproar which they heard in 

 the villac^p. Kalloo told them that some Gheessaries (a 

 descrii^tion of wandering blacksmiths) were squabbling 

 and fiL;htin<:r amongst themselves. The Ramoossies ob- 

 served to him, that they thought that Oomiah and his 

 friends had been caught by the Punt's people ; Kalloo 

 said, Oomiah is arranging for the money with Koodly 

 who appears backward in advancing all that is required. 

 Kalloo then took these men back to the spot they had 

 qukted, and sat down with them seemingly quite unem- 

 barrassed. After having remained a considerable length 

 of time, he said he would go to the village and learn the 

 cause of the detention of the party. Kalloo now remain- 

 ed with some of the villagers near Oomiah, and Nana 

 ran towards Bhore to expedite the arrival of the Sibun- 

 dies. During Kalloo's absence, the villagers had ex- 

 pressed great alarm lest Oomiah's followers should come 

 and rescue him and punish them. Nana was required 

 to exert all his presence of mind at this time, to guard 

 the prisoners and prevent the villagers quitting the 

 place. 



When the Sibundies arrived. Nana and Kalloo re- 

 quested them to assist in seizing Bhojajee Naik. They 

 replied, that it was quite sufficient to have apprehended 

 Oomiah, and that in seizing Bhojajee some of them 

 might be wounded. They accordingly took charge of 

 the prisoners, and moved towards Bhore, but Nana and 

 Kalloo remained to rescue their two cousins, who might 

 be murdered by the gang when they heard of Oomiah's 

 seizure. They with three Ramoossies went and told 



