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Rh that he could do at this juncture and in this direction was to obtain all the local knowledge he could, and shape his plans for movement or entrenchment as events might make advisable. His investigations had obviously already led him to the conclusion that, in case of serious disturbances, the Residency was the position to be held for defence, with the Mutchi Bhown as an immediate and temporary place of refuge for families against a city émeute or the like, but not as an entrenchment or fortified position against a serious attack.