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thereby rendering it impossible to seize and hold them, 
as they slip like an eel from ones grasp. 
At Lucknow one hot night, I recollect that when 
sleeping in the open in front of the bungalow I twice 
jumped out of bed and pursued a thief whom I had seen 
In the dim light dodging about the pillars of the 
veranda—this, too, when I was employing a Chowkeydar 
or night watchman. Near Peshawar too, when in 
cholera camp, the tent of one of the officers of the regi¬ 
ment stationed there was completely l°°ted one nigh 
while the owner was dining elsewhere. /he whole of 
his valuable uniform, his revolver, sword, and all his 
mufti, were taken, and nothing was ever recovered. The 
thieves actually had the audacity to bring in a candlestick 
from the neighboring mess tent, to 8> v e.themselves light. 
The property was almost certainly buried, but a neigh¬ 
boring village, from which the police were convinced that 
the robbers had come, was searched without result. When 
the hue and erv was over, the cache was doubtless opened 
and the loot divided among the members of the. gang. 
At a certain station in Rappertana where the thieves or 
“lootwalas,” as the soldiers called them, were specially 
daring and numerous, they came in at night on ponies 
and camels from their villages in the desert. Leaving 
the animals in charge of one of the gang just outside 
cantonments, the remainder would enter the station ami 
nursue their nefarious avocation, secure of a sate and 
speedy means of escape. The men of the regiment fre¬ 
quently chased them, but without effect, as their bare 
feet handicapped them too much on the hard ground.' 
On one occasion, on waking in the morning a soldiei 
found the greater part of the contents of his kit-box 
neatly arranged around his recumbent form outside the 
bed clothes. The thief, needless to say, had made hu 
selection of what he wanted for himself prior to taking 
his departure. , , , . .. 
These same Bheels, too, had no hesitation in using 
their weapons, if attacked. One night a sergeant war 
sleeping in a little detached house in barracks, togethoi 
with three other men. Hearing some noise, he openeo 
his eyes and found to his dismay that the room was lul 
of thieves. A man with a drawn sword in his ham 
stood over the sergeant’s bed, and each of his com 
panions was similarly guarded. Resistance was useless 
so they had to look on helplesly at the complete lootinj 
of the house, which was rapidly performed by others ti¬ 
the gang. Then, a selection of the various articles hat¬ 
ing been made, the men rapidly withdrew, leaving tin. 
sergeant and his companions in no enviable plight. I ur 
suit of course, was out of the question. There is a sat 
story of a native regiment marching up country t< 
Peshawar. . . , 
In the neighborhood of Attock they came to a certan 
camping ground, a noted place for thieves. All wer 
armed, and at night, numerous sentries having bee 
posted, every one turned in and the camp was soo 
buried in slumber. The night passed quietly, but nex 
morning one of the officers, a most promising y?un 
fellow, was found dead in his bed, hacked to piece 
by the deadly Afghan knives, and his tent complete! 
looted. It was conjectured that the poor fellow wok 
up during the night, and finding the thieves in hi 
tent, attempted some resistance, upon which he was ; 
once murdered. 
Another officer, when on the march, armed nim?c 
with a hog spear, which lay alongside his bed. Lyw 
awake on one occasion, he saw a thief creeping in « 
the tent door upon his hands and knees. Grasping n 
spear, the officer lav quietly biding his time. Th 
soon came. The thief having reached the uniform bo: 
turned his back to the bed, and knelt, trying to ope 
the lid. Then the officer, poising his spear thrust : 
the Afghan and caught him fair and square. The fello 
gave a piercing yell and fled. Instant pursuit was mad 
but fear and pain lent wings to the fugitive, and 1 
was never seen again. . 
Throughout the greater part of India, night watchmc 
are usually employed to watch one’s bungalow. In tr 
Punjaub and Bengal these men are called Chowkeydar 
in Rappertana, Puggies; and in Poona and Bomb* 
Ramooses. They are all members of the criminal classe 
generally thieving by profession—and their employ me 
is nothing more than a kind of blackmail by which 
tacit agreement is entered into between the thief and r 
employer of “You employ me, and I’ll see you are n- 
robbed by others of my profession, neither will I r- 
you myself.” And one must concede the fact that t 
native keeps his contract. It is seldom indeed that an 
thing is stolen when a watchman is employed; and 
speaks well for the native’s honor that—once in recei 
of his humble wage of six rupees a month—he shot 
never dream of helping himself to anything else, thou 
he has perpetual opportunities of doing so, were he 
inclined. In Poona in the event of anything bei 
stolen from a house where a night watchman has be 
engaged, the head man or chief of the Ramooses ca: 
will make good the loss up to 400 rupees, a custt 
confined to that station. 
The watchman is usually armed with a heavy u 
hipped stick, and he paces round and round the bun 
low during the night, striking the butt on the gro»i 
and giving vent to various grunts and coughs to sh¬ 
ins employer that he is awake and at his post. In Pe 
awar and the neighborhood, however, even the pretei 
of watching is not kept up. On returning at night, 
invariably finds his Chowkeydar peacefully asleep jn 
bedstead on the veranda, comfortably wrapped in 
padded cotton quilt. The best way is to allow mm 
sleep on undisturbed, however, for having once paid 
necessary blackmail by employing him, one need fear 
molestation. W. R. Gilber 
National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practi 
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