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found in his bundle, and in secret places where he 
had concealed it. Without further trial, he was 
loaded with heavy irons, and condemned to carry 
large stones for the rebuilding of the walls. But his 
earthly punishment was not of long duration ; for 
the vengeful Mahadeo afflicted him with a dreadful 
leprosy, besides a hundred other infirmities ; and he 
speedily sank under a horrible accumulation of mental 
and bodily pangs. Although, in his life-time, no clue 
could be obtained to his former history, it was dis- 
covered, after his death, that he was the son of a 
wealthy Hindoo merchant at Boorhanpoor, who, 
some years previously, had been compelled to cast 
him off, for his incorrigible profligacy. 
The hills about Gawilghur have for ages past 
been a favourite retreat for that extraordinary 
sect, the Jhains; concerning whom scarcely any 
authentic information is on record. They, in 
many respects, resemble the ancient Boodhists : 
several of their tenets are similar ; their temples are 
frequently of the same fashion ; and their images of 
worship are remarkable for the curly hair and African 
features peculiar to the Boodhist idols. These two 
sects agree in denying the divine origin of the Vedas; 
they follow a similar mode of worship, in honour of 
certain eminent saints having the same attributes, 
though they are differently named ; and they mutu- 
