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family and wealth should remain in the hands of 
Hurry Krishn Ray, than fall into those of his ene- 
mies the Moghuls. The Rajah was deceived, and con- 
sented at once to the proposal of the Afghan chief; 
though it is said by the historian Ferishta, but upon 
what authority does not appear, that the hold Rajpoot 
determined to appropriate the treasure, when put in 
possession of it, to his own purposes. This information, 
however, was probably derived from an author who 
wrote a life of Shere Shah, and made this state- 
ment in order to extenuate the subsequent conduct 
of that treacherous chief. 
So soon as the Rajah’s consent had been obtained to 
the proposal of the Afghan prince, the latter provided 
a number of covered litters, called doolies, employed 
by Mohammedans of rank for the removal of their 
females from one place to another ; within these he 
placed armed men disguised in female attire, except- 
ing only the three first, which really contained women. 
Having likewise filled five hundred money-bags with 
leaden bullets, he appointed some of his bravest sol- 
diers to carry them behind the doolies in the disguise 
of servants, and provided with sticks to assist their pro- 
gress up the hill under so ponderous a load, so that 
they might appear to be bearing treasure up the moun- 
tain. They thus easily deceived the guard at the 
different gates, who examined the first and second 
doolies, but finding that they bore only women, were 
perfectly satisfied, and suffered the whole party to 
pass without further search or suspicion. 
The party having reached the main gate of the for- 
tress, the first dooly was examined with great caution, 
