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HhtGvy of the Ramoossies. 



[July 



(tlie Bralimiinee,) that she may give me and my fol- 

 lowers some food." 



I have mentioned the above circumstance, that it may 

 be seen hov/ much Oomiah was dreaded by the district 

 officers ; the Brahmuns aiso^ and other persons who 

 possessed property, and residing in unprotected villages 

 and in insecure houses, lived in a miserable state of 

 alarm, constantly expecting a nocturnal visitation from 

 some of his retainers. It is time to close the account of 

 this notorious man's career. The crisis of his destiny 

 was fast approaching. He was brought to trial at Poo- 

 na before the Judge of circuit ; on which occasion he 

 admitted the validity of the charges brought against 

 him, and consequently he was found guilty of treason 

 and sentenced to be hanged. He was accordingly exe- 

 cuted, along v/ith two of his comrades, on the 3d of 

 February, 1832. During the period of his incarcera- 

 tion at Poona, a number of persons visited the jail to 

 have an opportunity of seeing him. 



I may be permitted to offer my opinion on the con- 

 duct of the troops employed in suppressing the late dis- 

 turbance. I must bear testimony to the very active 

 and indefatigable exertions of all the officers and se- 

 poys, which were highly creditable to them. From the 

 strong nature of the hilly country in which the opera- 

 tions were carried on, and the great difficulty, at times, 

 of procuring supplies in the small and poor villages 

 in the hills, the duty which they were called on to 

 perform became most harassing and fatiguing, whilst 

 they were frequently subject to great disappointment, in 

 consequence of the successful efforts made to mislead 

 them by the propagation of false reports ; several of the 

 officers, however, and a large portion of the sepoys, were 

 inured to such arduous service, and all of them seemed 

 actuated by a lively spirit of zeal and enthusiasm. A 

 more than ordinary degree of vigour was consequently 



