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the camp of his master, and informed him of his 
wonderful discovery. The treasures were proved to 
be those of Omar Lais, which his kinsman of Herat 
had conveyed thither, as to a place of security ; and 
thus Ishmael was enabled to satisfy the necessities of 
his followers, while he inculcated, with better effect 
than before, his moral lesson. Aboo Akkur was 
made, from that day, a wealthy man, and was no 
less remarkable for his open-handed charity than 
for his good-fortune. 
Merat was, for a length of time, the residence of 
two Brahminical impostors, who, not long since, 
became notable throughout Hindostan for the inge- 
nuity and audacity with which they carried on their 
iniquitous system of plunder. The names of these 
pillaging priests, 
SHRI GOOROO AND GOPA SHAHIR, 
passed into a by- word, which remains to this day, 
denoting any fraudulent combination. One of the 
most daring and successful of their impositions was 
plotted against a wealthy Raja, celebrated, far and 
wide in India, for his religious enthusiasm, and the 
unbounded liberality with which he entertained 
all those Brahminical devotees and pilgrims who 
claimed* his charity. In relating the story, it will 
* They never beseech, but demand, alms in the name of 
Brahma. 
